Phase 3 Block 3 Flashcards
AIMD
What does AIMD stand for?
Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department
Who is the Department Head of AIMD?
AIMD Maintenance Officer or MO
What is the AIMD MO referred to as?
FIXO
What is the MO responsible for?
The MO is reponsible for everything that happens in AIMD
- Safety
- Accurate and timely maintenance
- Ensuring personnel are properly trained to do their job
What is the AIMD “Triad”?
- MO
- SUPPO
- CAGMO
Who does the MO directly report to?
CO
What does AMO stand for?
Aircraft Maintenance Officer
What is the AMO responsible for?
Assisting the MO in the performance of his duties and to keep them fully informed of departmental matters
What does MMCO stand for?
Maintenance and Material Control Officer
What is the MMCO responsible for?ADV
The MMCO is responsible to the MO for overall productive effort and material support of AIMD/Coordinates department workload, maintains liaison with supporting activities and the supply department
Where does the MCO work?
AIMD’s Material Control Office (MATCON)
How many divisions is AIMD comprised of?
5 divisions if IM-5 is included
What is the IM-1 division? What is it’s purpose?
IM-1 is the Administrative Branch of AIMD
What work centers is IM-1 comprised of?
- ADMIN
- QA
- Production Control
- Material Control
What is the purpose of the ADMIN work center?
- Deals with leave requests and other personnel needs.
- Also has Departmental Career Counselor
- Maintenance administration that deals with log books for engines and data processing
What is the concept of Quality Assurance?
To prevent the occurrence of defects
What is the purpose of the Quality Assurance work center?
Contains SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) from every rate in AIMD
- They conduct assurance inspections utilizing their QARs, CDQARs, and CDIs
What is the purpose of Production Control?
Monitors and “controls” the flow of production throughout AIMD using NALCOMIS
What is the purpose of MATCON?
Consists mainly of LSs’ that provide materials and logistic support to include supply tracking info and asset visibility
What is the IM-2 Division?
Aircraft Divsion
What is the purpose of the IM-2 Division?
Structural and propulsion repair branch of AIMD
What work centers are in IM-2?
- Airframes (A/F)
- Powerplants (P/P)
- Paraloft (LOFT)
What is the purpose of the Airframes division?
Performs structural repair on the airframe of aircraft
Who works in Ariframes?
AMs (Aviation Structural Mechanics)
What is the purpose of the Powerplants division?
Performs repair on various models of aircraft engines and tests them using the Jet Engine Test Cell
Who works in Powerplants?
ADs (Aviation Machinist Mates)
What is the purpose of the Paraloft division?
Performs testing and repair of various aircrew life support equipment/They maintain the ALSS rotatable pool
What does ALSS stand for?
Aviation Life Support System
Who works in the Paraloft?
PRs (Aircrew Survival Equipmentmen)
What is the IM-3 Division?
Avionics and Armament
What is the purpose of the IM-3 division?
IM-3 is the electrical, electronic, and ordnance repair branch of AIMD
How many divisions is IM-3 comprised of?
12 divisions
What are the 12 divisions?
- Generator repair and Battery shop
- Communications/Navigation and Communications Security (COMSEC)
- Navigation RADAR
- Forward looking Infra Red (FLIR)
- Fire Control RADAR
- Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS)
- Electronic Counter Measures (ECM)
- 2M and Cable Repair
- Flight Control and Instrument Repair
- METCAL
- AAE
- Aircraft Gun Shop
What is the purpose of the Generator Repair and Battery Shop?
They Test and Repair aircraft generators
- Maintains aircraft battery locker, where they test and charge various types of aircraft batteries
Who works in the Generator Repair and Battery Shop?
AEs (Aviation Electriciansmates)
What is the purpose of the Communications/Navigation/COMSEC shop?
Uses stand alone test sets “suitcase testers” to test and repair various communication radios and navigation radios
- Also deals with classified information and classified electronics
