PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-592
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 592
MARCH 2002
C
rewmen, you can’t see through a dirty window pane. Neither can your AN/ALQ-
144A countermeasure set.
If you don’t keep your countermeasure set clean or cover it when it’s not being
used, it won’t detect and jam heat-seeking missiles. Who needs that?
For instance, the Kiowa’s countermeasure
set sits right in the path of the engine exhaust.
So before each takeoff and after each land-
ing, clean the mirrors like it says in Chap 4 of
TM 11-5865-200-12.
If you don’t clean the mirrors regularly, the
extreme heat generated by the countermea-
sure set will bake on dirt, grit, dead bugs and
soot. Then your unit will take a $36 hit per
mirror because you couldn’t clean them or
because you damaged them trying to remove
the baked-on crud.
When you’re not flying the aircraft, protect
the set with cover, NSN 5865-01-109-1800.
The cover shields the mirrors from direct
sunlight, which dulls their refracting power.
It also protects the mirrors from other air-
craft’s rotor blade debris.
PS 592
MAR 02
36
Clean countermeasure set mirrors
Not in use? Keep set covered
With all the
crud
on your
glasses, I’m
surprised you
can see where
you’re going!
yeah. I
really gotta
clean these
things.
If you’d done
your
pm
, you
could’ve collared
doc octopus with
no trouble.
just like every
soldier should maintain
all
his equipment at all
times.
his
life and the
lives of his
buddies
may depend on it.
you’re
right
, sir…
I won’t make
that mistake
again.
I’m
sure
you
won’t,
spider-
man.
spider-man’s
a great guy.
I’m glad he’s
on
our
side.
AN/ALQ-144A…
yeah…
and he’ll
continue
to do
great
things…
…as long
as he doesn’t
forget to
do
pm
!
while
you’re at
it clean
my
mirror
panes,
too!
592. 36-37 (C)
1/29/02
7:14 PM
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