E-5 Exam: Publications

To help you perform your assigned maintenance tasks.

Naval Air Systems Command Technical Manual Program, NAVAIR 00-25-100, and OPNAV Application Guide and Index for Navy Standard Technical Manual Identification Numbering System, OPNAV N0000-001-DX-000/TMINS.

Operational and maintenance.

Descriptions of weapons systems, with instructions for their use.

A description of the weapons systems from the viewpoint of upkeep and repair.

Military specifications and commercial.

The "conventional" or topic-sectionalized manual and the newer "work package" (WP) concept manual.

Visible lock-on format, logical arrangement structure, and quick understanding or comprehension.

Self-supported units of information.

The specific task to be performed and the authorized depth of information required.

Order of operational signal flow or mechanical operating sequence by component.

Component rather than system breakdown.

Changes and revisions.

The official release of correction pages to a part or portion of an existing manual and consists of providing replacement change pages for the area of the manual affected by the change action.

The complete reissue of a replacement manual with all the change information incorporated.

When more than 60 percent of the pages are affected by a single change or accumulated changes.

Either routine or rapid action changes (RACs).

The Naval Air Technical Services Facility (NAVAIRTECHSERVFAC).

No.

Usually by a vertical line or change symbol in the margin.

For introductory material; Indexes and tabular data where the change cannot be identified; Blank space resulting from the deletion of text, an illustration, part of an illustration, or a table; Correction of minor inaccuracies, such as spelling, punctuation, and relocation of material, unless such correctin changes the meaning of information; and Replacement or addition of a complete part, chapter, or section.

By a miniature pointing hand.

Difference data sheets.

The reproduction media (film, or paper).

By the letter R or a change bar in the left margin for material chnged in the left column, and in the right margin for material changed in the right column.

To expedite the preparation and issue of urgent/safety information.

90 days or more.

Technical manuals covering maintenance; illustrated parts breakdown and calibration data; and subsystems, equipments, components, and accessories; weapons system checkout procedures and instructions, weapons loading and handling procedures for aeronautical weapons systems, and irborne weapons and armament.

The basic equipment, category, main group within the category, specific item of equipment, type of usage, type or model designation, and specific type of manual.

The older NAVAIR publication numbering system and the newer Technical Manual Identification Numbering System (TMINS).

Three, separated by a dash (-).

The category, which designates the major category of the manual.

It is made up of numbers or numbers and letters which identifies either a basic aircraft model, the manufacturer, or the specific class, group, or subcategory of the manual.

A particular type of manual.

Part of the effort to standardize technical manual numbers for all ships, aircraft, and equipment. It provides a single user-oriented numbering and indexing system and meets the requirements of all system commands for identifying, referencing, and requisitioning technical manuals and changes. The system also makes it easier to identify and order manuals for the operating forces and other users.

Two separted by a slash (/)?

The publication identifier (PI).

The suffix.

The hardware/subject identifier and the technical manual (TM) identifier.

The specific hardware (such as an aircraft) or subject (such as an airborne weapons system) to which the technical manual applies.

The technical manual (TM) identifier.

By the number 2 in part III of the NAVAIR publication number. (For example, the first numeral 2 in NAVAIR 01-75PAA-2-2.3 identifies the MIM for the P-3A aircraft).

Because by using the MIM properly, you may prevent possible aircraft damage and save time.

The General Information and Servicing volume.

Four.

The same in all volumes for a particular aircraft MIM and it introduces the manual and usually supplies a list of the changes that apply to the particular volume.

It describes the system and its components, as well as their operation.

It covers such maintenance as the removal and installation procedures and troubleshooting charts for organizational-level maintenance.

Component repair procedures for intermediate-level maintenance.

Several individual volumes; one for each functional element of the aircraft and one volume that is the Master Parts Index.

In identifying and ordering parts and to identify failed or worn parts.

In the Naval Aeronautic Publications Index (NAPI).

Six.

Normally the quality assurance/analysis (QA/A) division in its technical library.

The NAMP, COMNAVAIRFORINST 4790.2.

To provide information concerning the availability and applicability of technical manuals for the maintenance of the particular aircraft model.

That a manual is not required for that level of maintenance and no future requirement is anticipated.

That a manual is required for that level of maintenance, bu it is not yet available.

The complete operating instructions for a specific aircraft and its operational equipment; it also contains emergency as well as normal operating instructions.

By the direction of NAVAIR under a Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) letter of promulgation.

Routine changes and interim changes.

They are used during a functional check flight. They are used to verify the phased-maintenance effort and ensure that aircraft are safe for flight and capable of mission accomplishment.

It supplements the flight manual; it provides information to the pilot and crew on how to "fight" the aircraft; and provides information on tactics, weaponry, and air combat maneuvering, with procedures and techniques based on tactical situations and mission assignments.

Pocket-size, laminated cards that cntain information to ensure the aircraft is ready to receive the weapon, the weapon is ready to be loaded, the weapon is properly loaded, and to show the final steps to prepare the weapon for flight and intended use.

Standard aviation maintenance practices that apply to all aircraft rather than to a particular aircraft.

Conventional and work package.

It is used as a maintenance aid and recording guide along with the Naval Aviation Maintenance Program (NAMP) and identifies assigned system-related equipment codes pertaining to various servicing and maintenance functions.

A means of maintaining a continuous, current record of the aircraft’s basic weight, balance, and loading data.

Large, high-density avionics aircraft with sophisticated, computer-controlled, integrated weapons systems.

As a guide in making structural repairs to the airframe.

Information on airframe sealing, control surface rebalancing, general shop practices, damage evaluation and support of structure, and a description of the structure.

By a -3 in the manual code.

Structural repair, corrosion control, nondestructive inspection, and an illustrated parts breakdown (IPB).

An introduction, a group assembly parts list, and a numerical index.

One for each intermediate maintenance, depot maintenance, and an IPB.

Accessory (03 series); Instrument (05 series); Armament/Ordnance (11 series); Electronics/Avionics (11 series); Tools and Test Equipment (17 series); and Ground Support Equipment (19 series).

No.

If you know the model, type, or part number, you should use the NAVAIR 00-500A, and locate the available manual for the accessory in the alphanumeric listing; or, If you know one of the manufacturer’s code number, publication number, and stock number that all manuals applicable to a particular accessory have, you can find the complete title of the available manuals in NAVSUP 2002.

It provides instruction for the initial preservation treatment, procedures for maintaining preservation, procedures for depreserving aircraft, uninstalled aircraft engines, and dangerous materials; it also contains instructions for long-term, extended shipment, short-term (fly away), and water damage or fire-fighting chemical damage types of preservation.

Most types of support equipment (SE).

To monitor the operation of the equipment.

Maintenance requirements cards (MRCs), periodic maintenance information cards (PMICs), checklists, and sequence control charts and cards (SCCs).

They provide the instructions required for the efficient performance of scheduled maintenance tasks. Each MRC contains the task for a particular system, subsystem, area, or component by using a logical sequence for accomplishments. They also identify the recommended rating or military occupational safety (MOS), performance interval, and the work area or zone involved.

No.

Abbreviated requirements for turnaround and preoperational inspections.

They aid in the planning and accomplishment of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks during inspections; they also indicate which MRCs are to be complied with, numbers and specialties of personnel required, times during which the separate jobs are scheduled for completion, POWER/AIR OFF or ON condition required during the work, and the area where the work is to be performed.

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and NAVAIRSYSCOM.

Information about aircraft training and operations, space technology, missiles, rockets, aviation ordnance developments, aeronautical safety, aircraft design, power plants aircraft recognition, technical maintenance, and overhaul procedures.

The U.S. Naval Aviation Safety Center.

The most accurate information currently available on the subject of aviation accident prevention; it also reports the results of accident investigations and for those accidents that are maintenance-induced, it describes what was done wrong and how it should have been done; suggests corrective measures to prevent future accidents resulting from these causes; and, when appropriate, cites aeronautic technical publications that provide authority for changes in techniques or materials to improve the maintenance product.

To preserve human and material resources.

The Navy Occupational Safety and Health (NAVOSH) Program Manual for Forces Afloat, OPNAVINST 5100.19.

To provide, in one document, guidance on acceptable work place safety and health standards ashore that are to be implemented within the Naval Air Systems Command.

Formal TDs (letter) and interim TDs (message).

They direct the accomplishment and recording of modifications to weapons, weapons systems, support equipment, trainers, and related equipment.

A document issued as a bulletin, interim change, RAMEC, or as an amendment or revision.

An interim document that comprises instruction and information that directs an initial inspection to determine whether a given condition exists.

The process by which TDs are removed from active files after requirements have been completed.

A message TD, which provides for quick action on minor changes that offer significant advantages to the operating forces.

In NAVAIRSYSCOM Technical Directives System, NAVAIR-00-25-300.

A document that contains information that clarifies, adds to, deletes from, makes minor changes in requirements to, or cancels an existing technical directive.

A completely new edition of the existing directive.

The process by which interim changes are removed from active files after a formal TD has been issued.

The process by which a TD is removed from the active files.

If it is determined that a previously issued TD is not to be incorporated.

By an amendment to the TD.

NAVAIR or NATSF, except in cases where the time delay in obtaining approval is unacceptable; in such cases, the controlling custodians are authorized to issue interim TDs to prevent unacceptable risks to personnel or equipment.

According to the importance and urgency of accomplishing the work involved.

When an uncorrected, unsafe condition exists that could result in fatal or serious injury to personnel, or extensive damage to or destruction of valuable property.

To balance combat necessity against hazardus conditions that could result in injury to personnel, damage to valuable property, or unacceptable reductions in operational efficiency.

To authorize, accomplish, or modify only.

When conditions embody risks acceptable within broad time limits.

To confirm a modification that has been completely incorporated by the contractor or in-house activity in all accepted equipment (before issuance of the TD).

To formalize interim changes, assign message TDs, or to assign bulletins.

First, it serves as a centralized source of up-to-date information for all mechanics and technicians. Second, it gives all personnel an excellent source of reference material to help with personal training and individual improvement.

The Central Technical Publications ibrary (CTPL).

Dispersed technical publications libraries (DTPL).

A onetime supply acion for the technical manuals of a weapons system.

The Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedure (MILSTRIP) format.

The automatic distribution requirements listing (ADRL).

The General Aeronautical Publications List and the Aeronautical Publicatons By Weapons System List.

At least annually.

When any change in mission of aircraft assignment occurs, when a CTPL clerk is replaced, or when directed by higher authority.

At least quarterly.

To improve the quality and accuracy of technical manuals.

The Technical Publications Deficiency Report, OPNAV Form 4790/66.

Directly to the NATOPS advisory group member, through the chain of command, by priority message.