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Show 26 HILL TOP TIMES Friday, March 2, 1984 By SSgt. Marshall Silverman Public Affairs Office repairs with available resources and manpower, estimate the time required for repair, and specify repairs to be accomplished so that aircraft can be returned to the wartime mission within 24 hours, if possible. Peacetime maintenance standards are deliberately ignored in order to return the aircraft to operational use in niinimal time. ' In peacetime, maintenance standards and repair criteria are geared to maintaining a long operational life on an aircraft. Repairs are made to restore the structure to its original strength, and to last for the duration of the aircraft's life. In the event of war, however, carrying out repairs to these high standards involves long periods of time and eventually could lead to a shortage of aircraft. Seeing the heed to; develop capabilities for speedy repairs, Ralph A. Elwell, chief, Aircraft Structures and Assessment Section,! F-- 4 System Program Management Division, initiated development of the; first extensive battle damage repair! technical order, allowing highly qualified and trained technicians to restore sufficient strength and serviceability. This permits battle damaged aircraft to fly additional operational sorties; with at least partial mission capability, within time to contribute to the outcome of battle. the This technical order contains procedures for the expedited repair of airwar situation. It craft in an all-ocontains sections dealing with repair-- : ing aircraft structures, hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and electrical systems while trained technicians use it to assess and repair damaged aircraft. , With complete knowledge of aircraft structures and systems operation, technicians, used as assessors, evaluate the extent of battle damage, determine the capability to make These pir'sdliyj assessors found that structurally, could not be restored to service within the defined Aircraft Battle Damage Repair program time frame of 24 hours due to electrical damage. Mr. Elwell learned of a diagnostic system known as Log Mod, which is short for logic model. The main feature of the system was a hand-hel- d data processor with the ability to store and provide total F-- 4 electrical and avionics diagnostics capability. A development program was presented repair- ing mechanical and hydraulic systems and aircraft structures was a straightforward task compared to the analysis electrical and and repair of shot-up systems. Of the battle damaged aircraft returning with avionics . - ; significant structural and electrical damage, approximately 80 percent of the aircraft that could be restored to the Productivity Reliability A. A Cs F-4- W on-goi- E sec-tionaliz- . r : - ut (U.S. Air For;e Photo) Ralph A. Elwell, chief, Aircraft Structures and Assessment Division Section, 4 System Program Management Division, demonstrates a computer aided device developed under his direction to ensure damaged aircraft; F-- returning from combat missions are repaired and returned to operational use in the shortest possible time. 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The individual wires which affect a required system can be identified, test points located, and repairs accomplished. The system was demonstrated at 1983 and the Hill AFB Jan. value of the program as a time-save- r during the critical damage assessment phase of battle damage repair was proven. The PRAM cost was $409,500 and the net savings based on wartime scenario totaled $112,993,500. ix River dale l"x""V wt imin irrrr-r- T 394-2R3- 1 394-346- 9 (WEEKDAYS 9 A.M. PU c,r a.. EN-3- " VAILABLE 595 Wh- - BUT NOT NECESSARY) Blvd. . |