Desert redeployment cleaning.Well, you've served your time in the sandbox A restricted environment in which certain functions are prohibited. For example, deleting files and modifying system information such as Registry settings and other control panel functions may be prohibited. , and redeployed to your home station. But this is no time to kick back and relax! Your bird put in long hours in the sand and had a long sea voyage home. But sand (remember the sand?) got into every nook and cranny Noun 1. nook and cranny - something remote; "he explored every nook and cranny of science" nooks and crannies detail, item, point - an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" , and the salt air and sea spray may have added salt and moisture to the mix. Now you need to get busy to restore your helicopters to their pre-deployment condition. 1. Open all access doors and remove all non-permanently installed panels and fairings. Inspect for damage. 2. Vacuum loose sand or dirt from accessible parts of your bird. 3. LOOK FOR CORROSION, DAMAGE TO TELFON BEARINGS AND ROTOR FEATHER BEARINGS AND HYDRAULIC LEAKAGE, ESPECIALLY AROUND SEALS WHERE SAND CAN EAT INTO ANYTHING. 4. CLEAN INSIDE YOUR BIRD AND REMOVE ALL SAND LIKE IT SAYS IN TM 1-1500-244-23. 5. If you come across contamination on electrical connectors, clean and preserve them like it says in TM 1-1500-343-23. Use isopropyl alcohol isopropyl alcohol: see isopropanol. instead of trichlorotrifluoroethane. 6. After washing, remove standing water. 7. Inspect aircraft for additional sand and clean again if necessary until all contaminants are removed. 8. When your aircraft is dry, inspect for corrosion 0r other defects. If any are found repair them like it says in TM 1-1500-343-34, TM 1500-344-23 and each specific aircraft TM. 9. Apply type II corrosion preventive compound (CPC (1) (Central Processing Complex) An IBM mainframe that has two or more central processors (CPs) that share memory. It is the collection of processors, memory and I/O subsystems manufactured with a single serial number, typically all contained in one cabinet. ), N5N 8030-00-938-1947, to water entrapment entrapment, in law, the instigation of a crime in the attempt to obtain cause for a criminal prosecution. Situations in which a government operative merely provides the occasion for the commission of a criminal act (e.g. areas in your bird's mating surfaces, bilge bilge n. 1. Nautical a. The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides. b. The lowest inner part of a ship's hull. 2. Bilge water. 3. areas and hidden corrosion prone areas. 10. Wash your bird's engine according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. its TM requirements. 11. When everything is complete, button up your bird. HERE'S A LIST OF THE CLEANING MATERIALS YOU'LL NEED TO GET THE JOB DONE THOROUGHLY. Nomenclature NSN U/I Quan Req Abrasive mat (280-400 grit) E 5350-00-967-5089 EA 100 Ea Abrasive mat (180-240 grit) 3550-00-967-5093 EA 100 Ea Abrasive mat aluminum 5350-00-967-5092 EA 100 Ea (100-105 grit) Abrasive paper 5350-00-224-7205 PG-50 4 Shts (silicon carbide) Abrasive paper 5550-01-043-2278 SH-50 4 Shts (silicon carbide) Aircraft surface cleaning 6850-01-235-0872 or GL-5 20 Gal compound 6850-01-426-6682 Chromium trioxide 6810-00-264-6517 LB-5 5 Lb Calcium sulfate 6810-00-242-4066 LB-1 1 Lb Corrosion preventive compound 8030-00-244-1297 GL-1 1 Gal Corrosion preventive compound 8030-00-903-0931 PT-1 10 Pts Corrosion preventive compound 8030-01-041-1596 CN-1 24 Cans Corrosion preventive compound 8030-01-045-4780 QT-1 10 Qts Corrosion preventive compound 8030-00-938-1947 LB-1 76 Cans Corrosion preventive compound 8030-00-546-8637 CN-1 12 Cans Corrosion resistant coating 8030-01-018-2838 QT-1 4 Qts Isopropyl alcohol 6810-00-286-5435 GL-1 1 Gal If you have any trouble getting cleaning materials, contact AMCOM's Ronnie Price Ronnie Price (born June 21 1983 in Friendswood, Texas) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. He previously played two seasons with the Sacramento Kings, mainly as a backup to Mike Bibby. or Judy Gerley at DSN DSN - Digital Switched Network 897-1312 or 897-1575 or commercial (256) 313-1312 or 313-1575. Email is ronnie.price@redstone.army.mil judy.gerley@redstone.army.mil |
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