PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-635
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 635
OCTOBER 2005
M
echanics, you don’t want your AVIM shop singing that song to you. But they will
if you turn in an aircraft component without the correct condition code tag. So pay
attention!
To prevent delays in repair or replacement of turned in components, make sure to
attach the correct tag and that it’s filled in right.
M
echanics, the answer is simple. Desert
conditions are hot and sand is everywhere.
IETMs, ETMs and laptops can’t take a
beating from sand and heat.
It’s in your best interest not to deploy
without your paper TMs. That’s a chance
you don’t wanna take. You never know
when you’ll need the paper to back you up
if something goes wrong.
Why?
Computers overheat and liquid crystal
displays—just like digital aircraft clocks—
get bleached out by the sun. Sand gets into
just about every part of a computer and
screws up the works.
When a computer or a disk fails
to operate in the sandbox and your
TMs are back in the rear, the
maintenance shops are effectively
shut down and your equipment
could be NMC.
Computers work fine, but in
severe, hostile weather like the
desert, there is nothing like a
good-ol’ set of hard-copy main-
tenance manuals to fall back on
when doing your maintenance.
On your next deployment, pack
up those TMs and take ‘em with
you because you may need them.
PS 635
OCT 05
41
All Aircraft…
The green tag is where the problem lies. Your AVIM shop can’t tell what’s wrong
if the repairable component has an incorrect tag attached.
And turn-around time for getting repaired components back depends on you mak-
ing sure the green tag blocks have correct, complete, and legible information. In the
remarks block, do not just put INOP. That says nothing. Instead, describe in exact
detail what’s wrong with the component. And “return to sender” won’t be sung in
your direction.
PS 635
OCT 05
40
Publications…
Paper
or
Plastic?
UNSERVICEABLE (CONDEMNED)
TAG-MATERIEL
DD FORM 1577
INSPECTION ACTIVITY
REASON OR AUTHORITY
INSPECTOR'S NAME OR STAMP AND DATE
CONDITION
CODE
The red tag, DD FORM 1577,
is for unserviceable/
condemned components.
SERVICEABLE TAG-MATERIEL
DD FORM 1574
NEXT INSPECTION DUE/OVER-
AGE DUE
INSPECTION ACTIVITY
INSPECTOR'S NAME OR STAMP AND DATE
CONDITION
CODE
The yellow tag, DD FORM
1574, is what AVIM attaches
to a repaired component
and sends back to you.
UNSERVICEABLE (REPARABLE)
TAG-MATERIEL
DD FORM 1577-2
INSPECTION ACTIVITY
REASON OR AUTHORITY
REMOVED FROM
INSPECTOR'S NAME OR
STAMP AND DATE
CONDITION
CODE
The green tag, DD FORM
1577-2, is used if the
component needs service or
repair by AVIM.
hey, we got
another
aircraft part without a
condition code tag.
you know what to do…
the heat
has fried my
circuits…
I’ve got
sand in my
drive and my
keyboard…
…so,
how
will the
troops get the info
they need!?
then it’s a
good thing
I
’m here!
return
to
sender
(...condition
unknown)
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12:21 PM
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