AEDCI21-113 governs the Tool Control Program for Government, contractor, and test customer personnel in designated FO areas.
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AEDCI21-113 covers tool and equipment management, identification, accountability, inventories, lost tools, spare tools, and dispatchable consolidated tool kits. It requires control systems, markings, inspections, records, custodians, and reporting for tools used in FO Critical and FO Awareness Areas.
Applies to: It applies to all Government, contractor, and test customer personnel working in, around, or traveling through Foreign Object (FO) Critical Areas and FO Awareness Areas at Arnold Air Force Base and its Operating Locations.
Tools checked out for long-term use must be inventoried and documented every 30 days. (paragraph 5)
A comprehensive inventory and inspection of all tool kits is performed at least every 180 days. (paragraph 5)
Permanently mark tools with the assigned equipment identification (EID). (paragraph 4)
When a tool or item is suspected to be lost, the individual identifying the condition shall search the immediate work area for the tool or item. (paragraph 7)
If a thorough search does not produce the item/tool within one hour, then notify the Operations Center (Ops Center), FOD Monitor, 804 TSS Functional Specialist, other leadership as necessary, and start the lost tool documentation process using AEDC 145, Lost Tool/Object Report. (paragraph 7)