Aviation Supply Management Flashcards

Which supply class contains aircraft repair parts such as rotor blades components, bearings, and seals?

Answer: Class IX

Class IX covers repair parts and components, including aviation repair parts.

A standard 14-character military document number is made up of which elements?

Answer: DODAAC, Julian date, and serial number

The document number combines the 6-character DODAAC, 4-digit Julian date, and 4-character serial number.

How many digits make up a National Stock Number (NSN)?

Answer: 13

An NSN is 13 digits: a 4-digit Federal Supply Class plus a 9-digit NIIN.

An aircraft cannot perform any of its assigned missions because it is awaiting a part. What is its readiness status?

Answer: NMCS

NMCS (Not Mission Capable Supply) means the aircraft is down awaiting parts.

Which Urgency of Need Designator (UND) applies when a missing part leaves the unit unable to perform its mission?

Answer: UND A

UND A means the unit cannot perform its mission without the item.

Which form is commonly used to request issue or turn-in of a single item at unit level?

Answer: DA Form 2765-1

DA Form 2765-1 is the Request for Issue or Turn-In form.

Which Army command is the life-cycle manager for most Army aviation and missile materiel?

Answer: AMCOM

The Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) at Redstone Arsenal manages aviation materiel.

Which supply condition code means an item is serviceable and can be issued without qualification?

Answer: Condition code A

Condition code A means new, used, repaired, or reconditioned material that can be issued with no restrictions.

An unserviceable item that can be economically repaired is assigned which condition code?

Answer: F

Condition code F means unserviceable but reparable.

What color is the DD Form 1577-2 Unserviceable (Reparable) tag?

Answer: Green

The DD Form 1577-2 reparable tag is green.

Which tag is attached to a serviceable item ready for issue?

Answer: DD Form 1574 (yellow)

DD Form 1574 is the yellow Serviceable tag.

A red DD Form 1577 tag on a component tells maintenance personnel what?

Answer: The item is unserviceable and condemned

The red DD Form 1577 marks unserviceable, condemned material.

Shelf-life items that cannot be extended past their expiration date are classified as which type?

Answer: Type I

Type I shelf-life items have a fixed, non-extendable expiration date.

A shelf-life code of '0' (zero) means what?

Answer: The item is non-deteriorative with no shelf-life limit

Shelf-life code 0 means the item has no shelf-life limit.

In a Source, Maintenance, and Recoverability (SMR) code, what do the first two positions show?

Answer: Source code, which tells how to get the item

Positions 1-2 are the source code, which shows how the item is acquired.

An SMR source code beginning with 'PA' means the item is what?

Answer: Stocked in the supply system and requisitioned

P-series source codes mean procured and stocked items that are requisitioned through supply.

What does the fifth position of an SMR code show?

Answer: Recoverability, or how to dispose of the unserviceable item

Position 5 is the recoverability code, which tells what to do with the unserviceable item.

A recoverability code of 'Z' means what?

Answer: Nonreparable; condemn and dispose at the level shown in position 3

Code Z means a nonreparable item that is condemned and disposed of at the level shown in the third position.

An SMR source code beginning with 'M' (such as MO or MF) means the item is what?

Answer: Manufactured by maintenance from bulk material

M-series source codes mean maintenance makes the item from bulk stock.

An SMR source code beginning with 'X' (such as XB) usually means what?

Answer: The item is not procured or stocked; get it from salvage or another source

X-series codes mean the item is not stocked, and XB items may be taken from salvage.