Vol 1 Flashcards
Which type of maintenance ensures that equipment is ready and available?
Preventative
Which of the following is used to highlight trends, benchmarks, or safety concerns related to maintenance equipment, Personnel, training, or processes?
Cross tells
Who is the office of primary responsibility for the intermediate repair enhancement program?
Maintenance group commander
Which maintenance capability category is performed at back shop level and consists of off equipment maintenance?
Intermediate
All requests for depot level assistance must be coordinated through
Quality assurance in plans, scheduling, and documentation
What do you call wing level maintenance facilities providing intermediate level of maintenance repair and support for multiple Air Force units within a particular theater of operations?
Centralized repair facilities
What program promotes identifying and correcting system deficiencies before they affect, combat capability?
Reliability and maintainability
Which category of deficiency report should you submit if the equipment has a deficiency that if I’m corrected, may cause major loss or damage to equipment and no work around is known?
1B
Which maintenance group agency provides technical assistance for deficiency reports to work center supervisors?
Quality assurance
Which of the following is used to assign responsibilities, direct actions, and prescribed procedures within a subordinate function?
Operating instructions
When operating instructions apply to multiple groups, they should be published as
Wing operate instructions
Which AFTO IMT is used to maintain a permanent history of significant maintenance actions on end items of equipment?
95
Printed copies of the AFTO IMT 95 are not required to accompany and items upon transfer
To/from locations that have access to the necessary maintenance information systems to retrieve the historical information
What AFTO IMT is used to document accumulated cycles, operating time, and maintenance history, as well as pertinent manufacturing data for jet engine turbine wheels?
95
Which integrated maintenance database system central database subsystem provides the capability to track engines and their components for time changes and inspections and establishes and maintains the installed on relationship between the engine and components?
Comprehensive engine management system
Which integrated mean instead of a system central database sub system allows users to track maintenance actions and has both maintenance and supply data?
Maintenance events
Which integrated maintenance database system central database subsystem replaces the maintenance data collection system and provides maintenance personnel with the online capability to document, inquire, and produce retrievals of maintenance actions?
Job data documentation
Who guides the overall data integrity team process and ensures the data provided to maintenance managers and supervision is meaningful and factual?
Maintenance management analysis
In addition to being familiar with the units assigned weapon system, Squadron representatives for the data integrity team must at least be
Five levels
What provides a measurement of unit performance and capabilities?
Metrics
What are the two most common types of primary maintenance metric indicators?
Leading and lagging
Which primary maintenance metric indicator shows problems first, as they directly impact maintenance to capability to provide resources to execute a mission
Leading
Which primary maintenance metric indicator shows and follows firmly established trends?
Lagging
Which maintenance repair priority is designated only for aircraft that are on alert status or aircraft that are supporting the war plan or national emergency missions?
1
Who is responsible for establishing a crashed, damage, or disabled aircraft recovery program
Wing commander
Who is personally responsible for managing the foreign object damage and dropped object prevention programs
Wing vice commander
Who is responsible for standardizing maintenance discipline, procedures, organizational structures, compliance, and management philosophy?
Maintenance group commander
Who is responsible for chairing the daily maintenance production/schedule a meeting with representatives from throughout the maintenance group?
Maintenance group deputy commander
Who oversees the management of maintenance facilities and aircraft support equipment procurement and maintenance?
Maintenance group superintendent
Who is held legally responsible for their unit’s environmental protection agency program compliance in accordance with AFI 32–7042, waste management?
Squadron commanders
Which commander is tasked with developing and publishing the wing flying/maintenance schedule in a coordination with other Squadron maintenance operations officer/maintenance superintendents
Maintenance operations flight
Worker safety and health information must be monitored, tracked, and documented using what AFTO IMT?
55
Section noncommissioned officers in charge are responsible for developing across utilization of training requirements, ensuring they do not interfere with________.
Qualification and upgrade training
Section noncommissioned officer’s in charge must ensure their sections are organized with tools, equipment, and material as close to the point of maintenance without jeopardizing blank
Accountability and control procedures
When a maintenance squadron production superintendent is appointed, who must he or she inform of specialist nonavailability to at the beginning of each shift?
Maintenance operation center
How many standard Squadrons are in a maintenance group?
3
Which maintenance operations squadron flight is a centrally located agency responsible for monitoring and developing long range strategies to sustain fleet health
Maintenance operations MOF
The maintenance operations center is responsible for the overall management of which integrated maintenance data systems central database subsystem
Location
Which section is the wings focal point for engine health tracking and the engine health management program?
Engine management
Which maintenance operations squadron section maintains a standardized aircraft jacket files and attends pre-dock and a postdoc inspection meetings?
Plans, scheduling, and documentation
The maintenance training flight normally consists of what two sections?
Training management: development and instruction
What agency’s basic mission is to launch and recover aircraft to perform the necessary servicing, inspections, and maintenance to perform daily aircraft flying operations?
Aircraft maintenance unit
Which of the following is not a section with in a standard aircraft maintenance unit?
Supply
What does the debrief section use to help identify fault codes to aide maintainers on aircraft trouble shooting?
Fault reporting manuals
Who must ensure the applicable aircraft form sets are provided to the debrief section by the end of the flying day if the briefs are suspended due to aircraft flying surge operations
Flightline expediter or production superintendent
The aircraft section is split into two separate sections when an aircraft maintenance unit’s number of assigned aircraft is more than_____.
18
Which section is normally responsible for aircraft troubleshooting, on equipment repairs, component removal and installation, reprogramming avionics systems, and classified aircraft items management
Specialist
Which technicians maintain aircraft bleed air, vacuum, pneumatic, Fire suppression, and oxygen systems, including removing and replacing associated system components
Electro, environmental specialist
Who is responsible to the weapon section chief for monitoring all armament systems maintenance and loading operations?
Weapons expediter
Which section is tasked with the maintenance control and storage of alternate mission equipment dash – 21 equipments and maintenance safety and protective equipment?
Support section
Which of the following is not a standard flight in the maintenance squadron?
Egress
Commanders have the option of establishing two separate Squadron’s, the equipment maintenance squadron and a component maintenance squadron, if maintenance squadron manning authorizations Exceed:
700
In relation to aerospace ground equipment, what are centrally located to enhance mission performance?
Sub pools
Which avionics section is responsible for performing equipment maintenance on system such as all weather landing, attitude reference and bombing, or inertial navigation?
Guidance and control systems
Which avionics flight section is responsible for maintaining a low altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night pods (LANTIRN)
Sensors
Which of the fabrication flight sections processes are tightly controlled because the parts and tools they manufacture must meet the stringent standards of aerospace grade equipment?
Metals technology
If a refurbishment section is established, wings have the option to align it under either the maintenance flight or the:
Fabrication flight
Which munitions flight section receives, stores, warehouses, handles, specs, ships, inventories, and transports containers, dispensers, and training items?
Material
Which propulsion flight section stores, builds up, tears down, modifies, and repairs engines, quick engine change kits, and test components?
Jet engine intermediate maintenance
The test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment flight maintains, categorizes, and certifies TMDE through the:
Air Force primary standard laboratory
To the greatest extent possible, how should maintenance be performed?
On a pre-planned scheduled basis
Using equipment generates what type of maintenance?
corrective (unscheduled)
What are the two basic types of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance?
on-equipment and off-equipment
Maintenance cross-tells are used for what purpose?
to highlight trends, benchmarks, or safety conditions relating to maintenance equipment, personnel, training or processes
What should typically be included in a maintenance cross-tell report in addition to details such as national stock numbers, part numbers, and specific location of problem areas?
Relevant background information and history
What are two major goals of intermediate repair enhancement program (IREP) meetings?
Increase local repair capability where appropriate and reduce the overall cost of operations.
In order of increasing capability, what are the three separate levels of maintenance?
organizational, intermediate, and depot
Which level of maintenance is performed off-equipment at the back shop level?
intermediate level
What level of maintenance is used for complex repairs and is located at a major repair facility?
depot level
What combined maintenance approach modifies or eliminates the intermediate (off-equipment) function, where possible, by consolidating that repair function at the depot level?
two level (2LM)
What type of maintenance facility is a hybrid of 2LM and 3LM and combines intermediate-level maintenance from multiple bases to one location?
regional repair center
What type of specialized regional repair facility provides intermediate-level maintenance for selected commodities?
centralized repair facility (CRF)
How can a successful R&M program be defined?
one that promotes the ability to identify and correct system deficiencies before they affect combat capability
What is the primary scope of the Product Improvement Working Group (PIWG)?
to address product deficiencies affecting R&M that the field unit cannot resolve and resolve DRs that the single manager assigns to them
Who takes the lead in identifying, tracking, assessing, and correction R&M deficiencies on their assigned air and space equipment and also co-chairs the PIWG?
single manager
As and end user, what is your primary focus in the DR process?
to identify deficiencies and and properly submit reports
What MXG agency is tasked with providing technical assistance for the DRs?
quality assurance (QA)
When the scope of an OI will cross organization group lines, at what level should it be published?
wing level
What office assumes sole responsibility for the accuracy, currency, and integrity of the contents on an OI and for compliance with it?
office of primary responsibility (OPR)
Can an AF civil service employee act as the POC for an OI?
yes
Which section acts as the OPR for the maintenance policy guidance in the MXG?
quality assurance (QA)
What type of support agreement governs services provided by US Northern Command to US Central Command?
Inter-command
What Flight within the MXG normally acts as the POC for SAs?
programs and resources flight
What is the most important thing you must know about SAs?
learn what is in them
What is historical documentations as it pertains to aircraft and equipment?
a permanent record of significant maintenance actions on aerospace equipment, including aircraft, engines, engine modules, and designated MDS specific -6 TO components
Who is responsible for determining which items in the MDS specific -6 TO need historical reporting and for informing the single manager so the items can be identified for reporting?
item managers
For aircraft engines, when are the printed copies of the AFTO IMT 95s not required to accompany end-items upon transfer t/from another location?
when the location has access to the necessary MIS to retrieve the historical information
During what type of transfer do helicopter blades and tail rotor blades have to be accompanied by a printed copy of their AFTO IMT 95?
upon transfer into the disposal system
Upon transfer of engines to and from a depot maintenance facility, who is responsible for ensuring all basic engine components have been accounted for?
the maintenance facility that preserves the engine
What aircraft engine documentation is an AFTO IMT 95 primarily used for?
to document accumulated cycles, operating time, and maintenance history as well as pertinent manufacturing data for jet engine turbine wheels
Which maintenance information system is considered to be the standard AF base-level automated MIS?
IMDS-CDB
In regards to MIS data integrity, what are work center and shift supervisors responsible for doing?
reviewing the data entered into their respective MIS by personnel under their control on a daily basis
What section guides the data integrity team process and is responsible for ensuring the MIS data provided to maintenance managers is meaningful and factual?
MOF MMA section
What section is responsible for correcting incorrect and erroneous data entered into the MIS?
the section that entered the data
As road maps, what can maintenance management metrics, if used properly, help you to determine?
where your organization has been, where you’re going, and how (or if) you’re going to get there
What are two major categories that metrics are often divided into?
leading and lagging indicators
What type of performance indicator shows a problem first, while it is impacting maintenance’s capability to provide resources to execute the mission?
leading
What type of indicator shows firmly established trends?
lagging
What maintenance repair priority level should be assigned to perform maintenance on primary mission aircraft, related AGE, and munitions support equipment for the first 8 hours after landing or start of recovery?
priority 2
What maintenance repair priority level should be assigned to perform scheduled maintence to include periodic inspections, routine TCTOs and TCIs?
priority 4
What maintenance repair priory level should be assigned to perform routine repair of AGE and repair cycle assets?
priority 5
If a change is made to the repair priory level, does the LRS parts delivery priory have to be changed to match it?
no, not necessarily, this decision should be made by pro sup in coordination with MOC
Although the wing standup meeting is used to keep the wg/cc updated about maintenance issues, what is the overall focus of the meeting?
Identifying and resolving issues/disagreements related to the schedules.
in addition to attending a monthly maintenance and flying scheduling meeting, what does the WG/CC ensure at the meetings with regard to MXG and OG interaction?
Ensures the MXG and OG participate jointly in developing an annual maintenance and flying program and a joint plan to ensure the best use of aircraft, equipment and personnel
who is personally tasked as the wing FOD/DOP program manager?
Wing vice commander WG/CV
in addition to ensuring effective FOD/DOP programs, what must the FOD/DOP program manager do on a quarterly or monthly basis?
chair the FOD and DOP prevention committee meetings
why is it important for the MXG/CC to standardize maintenance disciplines, procedures, organizational structures, compliance, and management philosophy?
it leads to greater interoperability, improves maintenance quality and ensures maintenance effectiveness
as well as overseeing the development and publication of all maintenance related OIs, what specific guidance must the MXG/CC establish for cannibalization responsibilities and actions?
guidance on individual responsibilities and specific procedures for CANN actions.
who is responsible for ensuring effective management of all maintenance training programs including the development of an orientation program to adequately train newly assigned MXG personnel?
MXG/CC
who is responsible for chairing the daily maintenance production/scheduling meeting with representatives from throughout the MXG?
MXG/CD
who does the MXG SUPT work directly for?
MXG/CC
other than acting as a technical advisor, the MXG SUPT advises the MXG/CC on what type of issues?
personnel, morale, and welfare issues, as well as on problems not identified through maintenance data systems or QA inspection reports
what is the MXG SUPT’s primary job as it relates to enlisted manning within the MXG?
serves as the group’s focal point for enlisted manning.
what responsibilities does a SQ/CC have with the overall focus of upgrade training and maintenance qualification programs?
to emphasize the quality of the programs and not just focus on minimum upgrade time frames.
even though SQ/CCs are ultimately responsible for unit deployment readiness, who do they appoint to help ensure deployment readiness?
UDM
if squadron manning authorizations are not right, what can the SQ/CC do to help remedy the situation?
they can coordinate with the wing manpower office, through the group manning manager, for assistance in preparing an ACR to alter his or her manning authorization
what two positions within the MOS perform essentially the same duties as the MOO/MX SUPT?
MOF/CC and MOF SUPT
In AMXS/HMXS or MXS, who does the MX SUPT work for?
MOO
who is responsible through the MOS/CC to the MXG/CC for monitoring the overall health of the fleet?
MOF/CC assisted by the MOF SUPT
who is responsible for developing written procedures for EOR inspections in coordination with the wing weapons manager, weapons safety manager and airfield management?
MOO/MX SUPT in AMXS/H
who is responsible for reviewing and consolidating monthly maintenance plan inputs from the various MXS flights/section and for forwarding them to MOF PS&D?
MXS MOO with MX SUPT assistance
In MOS, who are flight chiefs responsible to in the area of leadership, supervision and training of their assigned flight personnel?
MOF/CC
with regards to job environment safety, what must a flight chief inform workers of?
any hazardous conditions they may encounter on the job
who is responsible for reviewing PRDs and flight aborts daily to ensure proper maintenance is being taken to correct the underlying problem?
AMU OIC/SUPT
who chairs daily maint production meeting to develop and modify overall maint plan of attack for AMU?
AMU OIC or SUPT
What is the primary job of section NCOIC/section chief?
to act as first line manager and super and serve as technical authority and advisor for their section
what AF IMT should a section NCOIC use to monitor, track and document safety and health related information about their workers?
AF IMT 55
for section managed TMDE what is a section NCOIC responsible for ensuring?
that maint and calibration requirements are accomplished
the section NCOIC should ensure cross utilization training req do not interfere with what?
upgrade/qualification training
the section NCOIC should ensure their section is organized with tools, equipment and material as close to point of maint (POM) as possible without jeopardizing what?
accountability and control procedures
what is AMU flight line pro super primary job?
to direct the overall maint effort of their AMU
what is grade req to be appointed as AMU flight line pro super?
SNCO or civilian equivalent
what is primary job of MXS pro super?
to provide maint specialist non availability to MOC, identify production requirements and shortfalls to their ops officer/MX SUPT, and direct overall maint effort of their unit to meet mission requirements
which MOF section is responsible for monitoring and coordinating sortie and maint prod and overall execution of flying and maint schedules?
MOC
who is responsible for appointing a qualified individual to manage engine health management program
MXG/CC
which MOF section is responsible for coordinating aircraft maint req and ensuring scheduling between OG and MXG and external agencies?
PS&D
what is primary mission of maint management analysis?
track, analyze and present information to help the various levels of leadership assess health of their aircraft and equipment
beside teaching, what is mission of maint training flight?
serve as MXGs POC for training affecting maint and be responsible for overall management and control of training management subsystem of IMDS-CDB
what are unit training managers responsible for in addition to assisting squadron commanders w. training matters?
managing squadron enlisted specialty training programs
is the MTF normally allowed to duplicate training taught on base by a locally assigned AETC training detachment?
no
programs and resources flight personnel are primarily responsible for managing what programs within the MXG?
manning, facilities, support agreements, and deployment programs
within programs and resources flight, who can give technical assistance for palletizing equipment or doing deployment site survey?
Logistics Planner
what is the basic mission of AMU?
launch and recover aircraft and perform necessary servicing inspections and maint to support daily ops
what are standard sections of AMU?
debrief, aircraft, specialist, weapons, and support
definition of sortie generation?
effort to launch and recover sorties
in addition to closely monitoring aircraft status, who must flight line exp notify when status and config changes occur?
MOC and Pro Super
what are references that flight line exp must keep to facilitate their duties?
copies of flying schedule, emergency checklists, base grid map w cordon overlay, IPI listing, MESL, QRL, WUC manual and a tracking device for aircraft status
flight line exp must track serial number, location, priority, status, ETIC, and configuration of all aircraft. What are some of the other items that must be tracked?
OAP condition codes, fuel and munitions load, aircraft remarks
what are information elements that Debrief personnel enter into the MIS?
discrep and deviation info, utilization, applicable flight data (landing status, system capability, other applicable cause codes)
who is responsible for ensuring aircraft form sets are made avail to debrief section by end of flying day if debriefs have been suspended due to aircraft surge ops?
flight line exp or pro super
what are some entries that debrief ensures aircraft commander makes on AFTO 781 IMTs/forms during debrief?
new discrepancies, aircraft condition codes, flying time, servicing data, other entries
what does an aircraft landing status code 2 mean w regard to aircraft or system condition?
aircraft or system has minor discrepancies but is capable of mission assign within normal turnaround times
three different types of crew chief positions assigned to aircraft section are?
DCCs, ADCCs, and FCCs
what are DCCs and ADCCs charged with doing for their aircraft?
managing and supervising all maint on their assigned aircraft
specialist section is normally responsible for what duties?
aircraft troubleshooting, on equipment repairs, component R&I, reprogramming avionics systems, and classified aircraft items management
why is spec section NCOIC responsible for cross talk with other unit spec sections?
to obtain information on system/component repeat, recur, and CND trends
which spec is responsible for maint ECS, bleed air, vacuum, pneumatic, fire suppression and oxygen systems
E&E specialist
who must spec exp coordinate with in determining maint priorities for spec support?
with pro super and flight line exp
two standard elements in AMU weapons section are?
loading and maint
who is key advisor to AMXS MOO on factors that affect weapons training, loading and armament system maint capabilities for the AMU?
weapons section NCOIC
what are weapons exp responsible for monitoring with regard to weapons section NCOIC?
monitoring all armament systems maint and loading ops
for munitions pick up and delivery who must weapons exp coordinate with?
with MOC or munitions control
who controls access to aircraft undergoing munitions loading and unloading
load crew chief
NCOIC of AMU support section must come from one of what two AFSCs?
2Axxx or 2wxxx
what is minimum amount of time that personnel are assigned to support section?
12 months
what info must supply support personnel keep exp updated on?
the status of all back ordered parts
nine standard MXS flights?
accessories, age, armament, avionics, fab, maint, munitions, prop, TMDE
what do commanders have the option of with more than 700 manning authorizations for MXS?
separate MXS into two squadrons: EMS and CMS
what are sections in a standard accessories flight?`
E&E, egress, fuels, hydro
what accessories flight section is responsible for repairing oxy and nitro service carts?
E&E section
when egress explosive devices are damaged or suspect who does egress section request assistance from?
EOD
three sections in AGE flight?
repair/inspections; servicing, pickup, and delivery; and age production support
what AGE flight section maintains TO files?
age production support
what is armament flight overall mission?
to perform off equipment maint for assigned aircraft armament systems, guns, pylons, racks, launchers and adapters
who does armament flight CC/Chief assist in recommending distributions of 2W1X1 personnel to satisfy on and off equipment weapons release and gun system maint?
WWM
which armament flight section coordinates with MOF PS&D in scheduling inspections, TCTOs, and time changes?
armament maint
which avionics flight section off equipment maintenance and/or CND screening on comms and nav systems, including assigned SE not maint by TMDE?
comms and nav
which avionics flight section maintains LANTIRN pods?
sensors
what section maint, programs, and performs TCTOs on avionics when test stations and support are available?
avionics intermediate
fab flight sections?
aircraft structural maint, low observable aircraft structural mainenace, metals tech, and NDI
what two fab flight sections are responsible for corrosion control?
ASM and LO
what is metals tech section tasked with?
inspecting, repairing, servicing, manufacturing, fab, heat treating, testing, cleaning, and welding aircraft equipment, components and tools
what four sections normally make up maint flight?
repair and reclamation, wheel and tire, aircraft inspection, and transient alert
which maintenance flight removes, replaces, and rigs flight control surfaces?
repair and reclamation
transient aircraft definition?
not locally assigned and en route from one location to another that may require routine servicng
which munitions flight section handles conventional munitions, missiles, and materials?
munitions production
which munitions flight section manages unit mobility and training programs?
munitions systems
who acts as wing focal point for propulsion maint programs and gives advice to wing leadership about propulsion issues?
prop flight CC/Chief
which propulsion flight section maintains, manages, stores engine support trailers?
engine equipment maint
which TMDE flight section performs calibration and repair using lab equipment and standards?
PMEL
who do PMEL WA section evals report their findings to ?
TMDE flight CC/Chief
what are the four elements of TMDE production control section
customer service, production scheduling, traffic management, and maint supply liaison
