AEDCI21-113 — Tool Control

AEDCI21-113 governs the Tool Control Program for Government, contractor, and test customer personnel in designated FO areas.

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  • Publication number: AEDCI21-113
  • Title: TOOL CONTROL
  • Date: 2025-06-27

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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.

Topics covered

  • Tool and equipment management
  • Tool identification markings
  • Tool kit accountability
  • Inventory and inspection requirements
  • Lost tool procedures
  • Spare tools
  • Dispatchable consolidated tool kits

Questions and answers

How often must long-term tool checkouts be inventoried?

Tools checked out for long-term use must be inventoried and documented every 30 days. (paragraph 5)

How often must all tool kits receive a comprehensive inventory and inspection?

A comprehensive inventory and inspection of all tool kits is performed at least every 180 days. (paragraph 5)

What marking is required for tools?

Permanently mark tools with the assigned equipment identification (EID). (paragraph 4)

What happens when a tool is suspected to be lost?

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)

What is required if a lost tool is not found after a thorough search?

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)

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