Q28. Q29. Q30. Q31. Q32. Q33. What information does the NATOPS Flight Manual contain? What type of manual describes how to “fight” an aircraft? Which manuals prevent the need for duplication of standard practices in other manuals? What does the “-3” in the publication number 01-75PR4-3-1 indicate? Aeronautical component and equipment manuals, 03 series, cover information on what type of equipment? MRCs, PMCs, and SSCs provide a basis for planning, scheduling, and complying with scheduled maintenance requirements under what system? Phase/Daily/Special/Preservation/Conditional Maintenance Requirements Cards (MRCs) Phase MRCs divide the total scheduled maintenance tasks into small packages (phases) of approximately the same work content, which are accomplished sequentially at specific intervals. The remaining cards cover the minimum daily inspection requirements, as well as servicing and preservation, special inspections, and, if applicable, conditional inspections. Aircraft service period adjustment (ASPA) evaluations are conditional maintenance actions that are depot-level evaluations of an aircraft’s general material condition. Periodic Maintenance Information Cards (PMICs) PMICs identify scheduled or forced removal items and their replacement intervals. They also contain a record of applicable technical directives, a maintenance requirements index, by system, and a conditional inspection listing. Checklists The checklist format for inspections provides maintenance personnel with abbreviated requirements for turnaround and preoperational inspections. The requirements cover those items necessary to determine obvious defects that may have occurred during each flight. Inspection requirements are consecutively numbered and sequentially arranged in logical working order. Sequence Control Charts/Cards (SCCs) SCCs aid the planning and accomplishment of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks during inspections. SCCs, as an integral part of the maintenance program, provide a means of controlling the assignment of work and personnel. These SCCs 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. MANUFACTURERS’ SERVICE BULLETINS AND MAINTENANCE DIGESTS Service bulletins and other publications, such as maintenance digests, prepared by weapons systems and equipment manufacturers are neither authorized nor approved for distribution to naval personnel. Information of a technical nature furnished by weapons systems and equipment manufacturers, or their representatives, should not be used to perform maintenance on NAVAIR cognizant equipment. Technical manuals or publications issued through the NAVAIR distribution system are the only documents authorized for operational or maintenance performance on naval aircraft and related equipment. AERONAUTICAL PERIODICALS Naval activities and commands publish periodicals of interest to the aviation maintenance technician. Some of the most important publications (Naval Aviation News, Approach, and Mech) are discussed in the following paragraphs. These magazines are intended for the worker and contain excellent information. They should be available in the work center. Naval Aviation News The Naval Aviation News is published bimonthly for the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) by NAVAIRSYSCOM and the Naval Historical Center. It provides information about aircraft training and operations, space technology, missiles, rockets, aviation ordnance developments, aeronautical safety, 2-29