PS Magazine - AUGUST 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 333
AUGUST 1980
Not
Operationally REady
NQRS
equipmenT cannOT safely perfOrm iTs
designaTed cOmbaT missiOn(s). YOur
equipment is ±²R when iT has a FaulT
in The "equipmenT will be rated nOT
rEady/ available if³ cOlumn Of The
´pEratOr's PMCS*, has an uncOrrecTed
NoT MIssIon CaPabL±
nMC
aµ¶LiE·
t²
air¸raF¹ ¹Ha¹ is ºo¹ Fl»aBLE BE¸aUsE o¼
s½HEDulED
or
Uº·¸HEDULED
mai¾TEºa¿¸E, oU¹sTanÀiºG ÁaFE¹Â o¼
ÃliGHT ÄÁÅÃÆ mEs·aGe· or laÇk ÈF
³ot Mission ca´aBLE
±mc
is ThaT
Time a¾ end iTem Or missile sy·Tem is
¾OT able TO perfOrm
because Of mainTenaº¸e
repair parTÉ
deficiE¾cy (a¾
X
sTaTus symbOl), has an
Overdue urgenT Or limiTed urÊenT
ËAMW²Ì Or yOur C² Decides the
equipmenÍ cannOT perfOÎm iTs cOm-
baÏ missiOn(s).
*If yOur EquipÐenT has nO
ÑnOT rEadyÒ cOÓumn in The
PMCSÌ use ThE Old ÔSC
as a guide until a new
OperaTOr's PMCS
is publishedÉ
³ot
O´EµatIo¶aLLy
REady-
MaintEna¶·E
±
Or²
¸ovEÕs ±²R
Öime when The equipme¾T Or sysTEm is
i¾ maintenance. Ôquipment yOu are
pulÓinÊ rOuTine maintenance, services,
repairs Or inspEcTiOns On is ±²RM
Only if it has a ±²× faulT and yOu
cannOT reTurn tHe item tO OperatiOnal
readiness wiThin
12
HOUrs. ØimE spEnT
waiTing FOr picKÙÚp, DeLivery,a¸¸EpTÛ
aº¸E Or re¸eipT is ±²RM. ±²RM
Time sTops OncE a uºit has bee¾
nOtified The eqÚipmEnT is rEady FOr
picKup Or mainTenance can ºO lOnger
be perfOrmed Due TO lacÜ Of rEpair
parT(sÝ.
Not Mission Ca´abLE¸MaInTEnan·±
rETurn an air¸raF¹ To
N
m³m
means THe air¸raFT is noT
wiTHin
2
hoÞrs. ±MßM timE sto¶s
fl»abàE bE¸ause oF DEpO¹, á VâM or when THe worK is FinisHEã ÄinspE¸Teã
áVäM rE¶air wOråæ ±MßM TimE anD sTaTus s»mBOl ¸LEareDç Or wHEè
s¹ar¹s wHEn yOu ¼inD a faul¹ or wHEn wOrK ¸annoT ¸OºTinuE bE¸ause yOu
¹He mission is ¸ompleTeDéwHi¸HevEr ºEeD a rEpair ¶ar¹ê
One is laTeréOr wHen »ou ¸a¾ºoT
³ot Missio¶ ca´aBLE¹MaI¶tE¶an·E
±m´m
cOvers ThE Time an enD iTem
Or missilE sys¹em is ±Mß bEcause Of yOu fix The FaulT i¾ less Thaº
4
HOurs
mainTenance
Or
repair wOrK at
(±²
hOurs fOr small missile sysTemsÝë âf
Orgaºiza¹io¾, ìÁ or íS lEvEÓ. îOÚ The FaUlT TaKEs ïOrE Tha¾
4
hoUrs
³12
·
iºcluDE any Time FOr ðainTenaº¸e Or hOurs fOr small missilE sysTems) TO fñx,
repair ThaT TaKEs mOrE ¹han
4
hOurs cOunT bacK TO tHE Time ¹he fòulT was
³12
hOurs FOr small mis·ilE sysTEmsç TO identifieD tO fiGurE yOur ±MC Time.
cOÐplEtEë ±MCó TimE stOps wHeº Äîoô Do nOT ¸Ount TimE speºT On Daily
The wOrK is finisheD Or whEn wOrK Or wEeKly ¸hecKs anD servi¸Es On a
can¾OT cOºTinuE bE¸ause yOU ºEED a missile sysTem in a pOwErÙOn, fully
epair parTõ öo ºoT coÚ¾¹ any timE if reaDy cOnDiTiOn as ±MCM.ç
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