CHAPTER 6 THE AIRCRAFT LAUNCH AND RECOVERY EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM (ALREMP) MAINTENANCE As a new ABE3 or as an ABE2, you will find that most of your duties will be productive TYPES, LEVELS, AND maintenance, or the supervision of maintenance, on catapults, arresting gear, and their supporting equipment. At times you may also be assigned to one of the support branches of V-2 division, such as maintenance control, maintenance support, or material control. Regardless of your assignment and specific duties, you will need a working knowledge of the Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Maintenance Program (ALREMP). The primary objective of the ALREMP is to achieve and sustain maximum operational readiness of aircraft launch and recovery equipment in support of carrier flight operations. This objective is met through the achievement of maximum material readiness, safety, and the conservation of material. When you complete this chapter you should be able to do the following: Recognize rework and upkeep maintenance. Identify organizational, intermediate, and depot level maintenance. Identify the maintenance concepts peculiar to each of the three levels of maintenance. Describe the duties of the maintenance control (MC), quality assurance (QA), and maintenance support (MS) branches of V-2 division. Recognize the procedures used to complete the VIDS/MAF. Describe the operation of the VIDS board and maintenance requirement board with respect to the maintenance data systems. RESPONSIBILITIES The term maintenance has a very general meaning. It could mean maintenance that can be performed in minutes at the work center, or organizational level, or it could mean maintenance that requires months of overhaul in an industrial-type facility at the depot level. We need more than the word maintenance to indicate that a specific type of maintenance must be accomplished. There are two major types of maintenance: overhaul and upkeep. Categories within the major types of maintenance are standard overhaul and upkeep and special overhaul and upkeep. OVERHAUL MAINTENANCE Overhaul maintenance is restorative or additive work performed on catapults, arresting gear, and their associated support equipment. Much of this work is normally done at naval overhaul and depot facilities, contractor plants, and other industrial facilities. Standard Overhaul Standard overhaul work is the comprehensive inspection of selected equipment and materials, the correction of critical defects, and the incorporation of certain technical directives, which allows the equipment or material to be returned to service and complete its intended operating cycle. Standard overhaul maintenance is normally accomplished by the catapult and arresting gear crew members as scheduled overhaul maintenance, with assistance from local intermediate maintenance level activities. Special Overhaul Special overhaul work is done to improve or change the capabilities or function of specific 6-1