scope:

GENERAL.

Technical Order (TO) 1-1A-1 is one of a series of manuals prepared to assist personnel engaged in the general maintenance and repair of military aircraft. This manual covers general aircraft structural repair.

This is a Joint-Service manual and some information may be directed at one branch of the service and not the other. Wherever the text of the manual refers to Air Force technical orders for supportive information, refer to the comparable Navy documents (see Table 1).

The satisfactory performance of aircraft requires continu- ous attention to maintenance and repair to maintain aircraft structural integrity. Improper maintenance and repair tech-niques can pose an immediate and potential danger. The reliability of aircraft depends on the quality of the design, as well as the workmanship used in making the repairs.

It is important that maintenance and repair operations be made according to the best available techniques to elimi-nate, or at least minimize, possible failures.

Navy and Marine Corps personnel SHALL submit changes/corrections at www.natec.navy.mil, the Technical Publication Discrepancy Reporting (TPDR) process on- line. Instructions for submission of TPDRs are in COMNAVAIRFORINST 4790.2 (NAMP), Volume V, Chapter 10