PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-618
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 618
MAY 2004
PS 618
MAY 04
35
AN/ALQ-144A…
i
t’s easy to forget about removing the AN/ALQ-144A countermeasure set cover, NSN
5865-01-109-1800, when pre-flighting your Black Hawk, Kiowa Warrior or Apache.
Then when power’s applied to the aircraft
while the cover’s on, extreme heat shrinks
or melts the cover to the countermeasure
set. Then you have a sticky mess to clean up
and your avionics shop won’t be too happy.
If any parts of the cover get baked on the
countermeasure set mirrors and can’t be
cleaned off, it will cost your unit $36 a pop
to replace each damaged mirror.
Use the cover to shield the mirrors from
direct sunlight and protect them from dirt,
grit, dead bugs and soot. But always remove
the cover when you power up your bird.
Remember, clean the mirrors before takeoff and after each landing like it says in
Chap 4 of TM 11-5865-200-12. That way, the set can continue to protect your bird.
Remove cover
before
powering up
Before your
helmet goes
on,
my counter-
measure set
cover needs to
come
off!
we should
have a
magic
wand—
so you’d
like to fly,
would you?
humvee
aero-
nautica!
618. 34-35 (C)
3/29/04
4:10 PM
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