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115 Cards in this Set
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To the greatest extent possible, how should maintenance be performed?
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on a preplanned and scheduled basis
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Using equipment generates what type of maintenance?
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Corrective
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What are the two basic types of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance?
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ON and OFF equipment |
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Maintenance Cross-tells are used for what purpose? |
Highlight trends, benchmarks, standards, and safety conditions |
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What should typically be included in a cross-tell report? |
part numbers specific location of problem areas relevant background information history |
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What are two major goals of Intermediate Repair Enhancement Program (IREP) meetings?
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reduce operation cost |
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Which level of maintenance is performed off-equipment at the backshop level? |
Intermediate |
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In order of increasing capability, what are the three separate levels of maintenance?
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Organizational, Intermediate, Depot |
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What level of maintenance is used for complex repairs, and is located at a major repair facility? |
Depot |
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What combined maintenance approach modifies or eliminates the intermediate function, by consolidating with the depot level?
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2-level maintenance (2LM) |
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What type of maintenance facility is a hybrid of 2LM and 3LM and combines intermediate-level maintenance from multiple bases to one location?
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Regional Repair Center |
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What type of specialized regional repair facility provides intermediate-level maintenance for selected commodities?
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Central Repair Facility
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How can a successful Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) program be defined?
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What is the primary scope of the Product Improvement Working Group (PIWG)? |
address product deficiencies affecting R&M |
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Who takes lead in identifying, tracking, assessing, and correcting R&M deficiencies on their assigned air and space equipment and also co-chairs the Product Improvement Working Group?
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single manager |
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As an end user, what is your primary focus in the Deficiency Report (DR) process?
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Identify discrepancies properly submit reports |
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What MXG agency is tasked with providing technical assistance for DRs?
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QA |
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When the scope of an Operating Instruction (OI) will cross organization grop lines, at what level should it be published? |
Wing instruction level |
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What office assumes sole responsibility for the accuracy, currency, and integrity of the contents of an OI, and for compliance with it?
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Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) |
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Can an AF civil service employee act as the POC for an OI? |
yes |
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Which section acts as the OPR for maintenance policy guidance in the MXG?
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QA |
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What type of support agreement governs services provided by US Northern Command to US Central Command?
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What flight within the MXG normally acts as the POC for Support Agreements (SAs)? |
Programs and Resources flight |
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What is the most important thing YOU must know about SAs?
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What is in the ones pertinent to you |
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What is historical Documentation as it pertains to aircraft and equipment?
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Permanent record of significant maintenance actions |
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Who is responsible for determining which items in the MDS specific -6 TO need historical reporting, and for informing the single mangers so the items can be identified for reporting? |
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For aircraft engines, when are the printed copies of the AFTO IMT 95 NOT required to accompany end-items upon transfer to/from another location?
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when the location has access to MIS (maintenance info system) |
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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?
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disposal
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Upon transfer of engines to a depot facility, who is responsible for ensuring all basic engine components have been accounted for?
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maintenance facility that preserves the engine |
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what acft engine documentation is an AFTO IMT 95 primarily used for? |
operating time maintenance history manufacturing data for turbine wheels |
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which info system is considered to be the standard AF base-level automated system?
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IMDS-CDB
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What are work center and shift supervisors responsible for doing with MIS data integrity?
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daily review of data input by the people under them |
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what section guides the DIT process, and is responsible for ensuring the MIS data provided to maintenance managers is meaningful and factual? |
maintenance management analysis (MMA)
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What section is responsible for correcting incorrect and erroneous data entered into the MIS?
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the section that inputted them
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As a roadmap, what can maintenance management metrics help you determine?
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where the organization has been, is going, and how to get there |
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What are the two major categories for metrics, and what do they represent? |
-lagging indicators shows firmly established trends |
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What are maintenance repair priority levels?
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1. Acft of alert status or acft supporting war plan or national emergency missions and the AGE, munitions, and MSE needed to support it 2. primary mission acft, AGE, munitions and MSE needed to support it within the first 8 hours after landing or start of recovery, and within 6 work hours of launch, alert or test 3. primary mission acft, engines, missiles and related AGE, munitions, MSE that will prevent or delay mission 4. routine or extensive repair of primary mission acft, AGE and repair cycles assets 5. non-tactical or non-primary mission acft undergoing extensive repair |
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no |
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What responsibilities does a SQ/CC have with the overall focus of upgrade training and maintenance qualification programs?
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emphasize quality, and not focus on meeting minimum upgrade time frames |
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Who does the SQ/CC appoint to help ensure deployment readiness?
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Unit Deployment Manager (UDM) |
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If squadron manning authorizations are not right, what can the SQ/CC do to help remedy the situation?
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coordinate with wing manpower office through group manning directly to prepare an Authorization Change Request (ACR) |
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What two positions within the MOS perform essentially the same duties as the MOO/MX SUPT?
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MOF/CC and MOF/SUPT |
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In AMXS/HMXS or MXS, who does the MX Superintendent work for?
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MOO |
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Who is responsible through the MOS/CC to the MXG/CC for monitoring for overall health of the fleet?
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MOF CC and MOF SUPT |
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Who is responsible for developing written procedures for EOR inspections in coordination with the Wing Weapons Manger, weapons safety manger, and airfield management?
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MOO/MX Supt in AMXS/HMXS |
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Who is responsible for reviewing and consolidating monthly maintenance plan inputs from the various MXS flights/sections, and for forwarding them to PS&D?
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AMU OIC/SUPT |
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In MOS, who are Flight Chiefs responsible to in the area of leadership, supervision, and training of their assigned flight personnel?
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AMU OIC or SUPT
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What must a Flight Chief inform workers of, in the way of job environment safety?
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Any hazardous conditions |
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Who is responsible for reviewing Pilot Reported Discrepancies (PRD) and flight aborts daily, to ensure proper maintenance is being taken to correct underlying problems? |
AMU OIC/SUPT |
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Who chairs a daily maintenance production meeting to develop or modify the overall maintenance plan of attack for an AMU? |
AMU OIC/SUPT
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What is the primary job of the section NCOIC/SC? |
first line manager supervisor of maintenance production TO authority and supervisor |
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What AF IMT should a section NCOIC use to monitor, track, and document safety and health-related information about his or her workers? |
55 |
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For section managed TMDE, what is a section NCOIC responsible for ensuring?
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test equipment maintenance and calibration requirements are met |
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The section NCOIC should ensure cross-utilization training requirements do not interfere with what?
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Upgrade training
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What is the primary job and grade to be an AMU flight-line Pro Super? |
SNCO or civilian equivalent |
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What is the primary job of an MXS Pro Super?
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identity production requirements direct maintenance efforts in AMU |
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Which MOF section is responsible for monitoring and coordinating sortie and maintenance production, and overall execution of the flying and maintenance schedules?
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MOC |
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Who is responsible for appointing, in writing, a highly qualified individual to manage the Engine Health Management Program?
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MXG/CC |
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Which MOF section is responsible for coordinating acft maintenance requirements and ensuring proper utilization scheduling b/w the OG and MXG and any other agency?
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PS&D |
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What is the primary mission of the Maintenance Training Flight, other than training?
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manage/control training management subsystem of IMDS-CDB |
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What is the primary mission of MMA?
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track analyze and present info to access acft health |
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What are unit training managers responsible for, in addition to assisting squadron commanders with training matters?
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managing squadron enlisted specialty training |
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Is the MTF normally allowed to duplicate training taught on base by a locally assigned AETC TD?
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no |
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Programs and Resources flight personnel are primarily responsible for managing what programs within the MXG?
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manning, facilities, SAs, and development programs
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what is the basic mission of an AMU?
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launch/recover acft, service, maintenance for daily flying missions |
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What are the standard sections of an AMU? |
Debrief, acft, specialist, weapons, support |
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What is a definition of sortie generation?
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cumulative effort required to launch and recover acft |
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In addition to closely monitoring acft status, who must the flight-line expediter notify when status and configuration changes occur? |
MOC and Pro Sup |
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what are some of the references that flight-line expediters must keep close at hand?
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emergency actions base map with cordon overlay IPI listing MESL QRL WUC manual |
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What are the items that must be tracked by expediters?
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ALL THE THINGSserial number
location priority status ETIC configuration condition codes fuel loads munition loads |
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What are some of the info elements that Debrief personnel enter into the MIS? |
deviation data capabilities of the system utilization flight data |
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Who is responsible for ensuring acft form sets are available to Debrief by end of flying day, if debriefs have been suspended due to flight surges?
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Expediter or Pro Sup |
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What are some of the entries that Debrief must ensure the AC (acft commander) makes in the AFTO 781 during debrief?
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flying times, servicing data, condition codes |
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What does an aft landing status code of 2 mean with regard to acft of systems?
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minor discrepancy, continue flying |
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what are the three different crew chief positions assigned to the acft section? |
ADC FCC |
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What are DCC and ADCs charged with doing in respect to assigned acft?
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The Specialist section is normally responsible for what? |
on-equipment repairs reprogramming avionics classified acft items managment |
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Why is the Specialist section NCOIC responsible for promoting cross-talk with other unit specialist sections? |
obtain repeat/recur/CND trends |
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Which specialist is responsible for maintaining ECS, Bleed air, Vacuum, pneumatic, fires suppression and O2 systems?
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ELEN/E&E |
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Who must the specialist expediters coordinate with, to determine maintenance priorities for support?
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Pro Super and flight-line expediter
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What are the two standard elements in an AMU weapons section?
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maintenance |
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who serves as the key advisor to the AMXS MOO on factors that affect weapons training, weapons loading, and armament system maintenance capabilities for the AMU?
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weapons NCOIC |
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What are weapons expediters responsible for monitoring, with regard to the weapons section NCOIC? |
armament system maintenance, and loading operations |
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who must the Weapons Expediter coordinate with for delivery and pick-up of munitions?
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MOC |
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Who is responsible for controlling access to an acft undergoing munitions load? |
Load Crew Chief |
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The NCOIC of the AMU support section must come from one of what two AFSCs? |
2Axxx or 2Wxxx
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What is the minimum amount of time that personnel are normally assigned to Support Section? |
12 months |
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What info must supply support personnel keep expediters updated on? |
Back ordered parts status |
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List the nine standard flights that make up the MXS
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AccessoriesTMDEAGEArmamentAvionicsFABMXMunitionsPropulsion
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If the MXS has more than 700 manning authorizations, what do commanders have the option of doing? |
split into 2 squadrons |
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what sections are in a standard accessories flight? |
E&E, Egress, fuel, hydro |
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Which Accessories flight is responsible for repairing oxygen and nitrogen carts? |
E&E |
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When egress explosive devices are damaged or suspected to be unsafe, who does Egress request assistance from?
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EOD |
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What three sections usually make up AGE?
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service pickup/deliveryAGE production support |
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what AGE flight is in charge of TO files?
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Production support
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what is the overall mission of the Armament Flight? |
off-equipment maintenance on guns, pylons, racks, and launchers |
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who does the armament flight CC/Chief assist in recommending distribution of 2W1X1 personnel to satisfy on- and off-equipment weapons release and gun system maintenance?
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WWM (wing weapons manager) |
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Which armament flight section coordinates with MOF PS&D in scheduling inspections, TCTOs and time-changes?
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Armament maintenance |
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Which avionics flight does off-equipment maintenance and CND screening on communication and navigation components and systems? |
COMMNAV |
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which avionics section maintains LANTIRN pods? |
Sensors |
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what section maintains, programs, and performs TCTOs on avionics components when the specified test stations and support equipment are available? |
avionics intermediate section |
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What sections make up the Fabrication (FAB) flight?
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Aircraft Structure Maintenance (ASM)Low-Observable (LO) ASMMetals TechNDI
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Which 2 FAB flights are responsible for corrosion control? |
ASMLow-Observable ASM
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What is the Metals Tech section in charge of? |
manufacturing repairing servicing welding acft structure |
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What four sections make up maintenance? |
Repair and Reclamation (R&R)Wheel and TireAircraft InspectionTransient Alert
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Which maintenance flight removes, replaces, and rigs flight control surfaces? |
Repair and Reclamation
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What is the definition of Transient Alert? |
any acft not assigned to the local base |
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which munitions flight assembles, disassembles, delivers, inspects, and maintains conventional munitions, missiles, containers, and dispensers? |
munitions production flight |
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Which Munitions flight manages unit mobility and training?
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Munitions systems flight
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who acts as the wing focal point for propulsion maintenance programs, and gives advice to wing leadership about propulsion issues? |
propulsion flight CC or chief |
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Which propulsion flight section stores, builds, tears down, modifies, and repairs engines, quick engine change kits, and test equip? |
Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance (JEIM)
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Which propulsion flight is responsible for maintaining, managing, and storing engine support trailers? |
Engine Equip maintenance |
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Which TMDE flight section performs in-lab and on-site calibration and repair, using lab equip and calibration standard? |
PMEL |
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who does the PMEL QA section evaluators report their inspection findings to? |
TMDE flight CC/Chief |
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what are the four elements of the TMDE production control section? |
production scheduling traffic management maintenance supply liason |