AFMCI21-103 governs Reliability-Centered Maintenance programs and preventive maintenance requirements for Air Force Materiel Command weapon systems and equipment.
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It covers RCM program definition, initial and in-service systems analysis, decision logic, interval determination, and contracting. It requires documented, data-driven analysis to establish, assess, update, and sustain preventive maintenance requirements.
Applies to: This publication applies to all AFMC units of the Regular Air Force.
RCM programs ensure that maintenance practices support the safest and most reliable operation of which the weapon system or equipment end item is capable. (paragraph 2)
The Program Manager must assess PM requirements for systems and equipment at least every 2 years. (paragraph 4)
The initial RCM analysis and all updating analyses must be documented and archived to preserve the history and rationale for maintenance tasks. (paragraph 4)
New acquisition and modification programs must use the RCM process to develop and document PM requirements. (paragraph 4)
Each reported problem or modification that may result in establishing new maintenance requirements must be analyzed using RCM. (paragraph 4)