| UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOD REGULATIONS
(Air Force Instruction AFI21-101)
21.23.2.12. Each base will develop a local flight line clothing policy aimed at FOD prevention. Specific attention will be given to the wearing of hats on the flight line and the wearing of badges and passes. Climate and safety will be considered. Hats/berets will not be worn within the danger area of an operating jet engine (as defined in the applicable aircraft-specific TO. Wigs, hairpieces, metal hair fasteners, earrings, or any other jewelry that may fall off without notice, are not authorized on the flight line.
21.23.10. FOD Prevention Committee Meeting. Wing FOD prevention committee meetings ensure the FOD prevention program is sound and meeting unit needs. The WG/CV is the committee chairperson. The LG/CC or OG/CC will chair the meeting in the absence of the WG/CV. Minimum attendee representation is group commanders, director(s), commanders of units with maintenance personnel, safety, CE, Airfield Manager, and security forces. The chairperson should designate additional attendees (agencies, detachments, etc.) as required. The host base FOD prevention committee chairperson will direct/incorporate tenant units in the host unit program. Tenant units should establish their own unit FOD committee, but will still participate in the host program and comply with host program requirements. Meetings will be conducted monthly when the unit exceeds the established standard, and quarterly if the unit FOD rate is less than the established standard. The meeting will
identify negative trends and develop action plans to resolve them. The meeting should also be used to recognize personnel making significant contributions to FOD prevention (e.g., golden bolt program, FOD poster contests, or other FOD recognition programs locally developed at each unit, etc.). |
These are just two of the specific regulations developed by the United States Air Force to guide their personnel in carrying out FOD Prevention Programs. To see for yourself how the professionals in the USAF do it, check out their full set of FOD Prevention Program regulations on the Internet. With all due respect to the other branches of the military, the pioneering efforts of the USAF have led to what may be the most highly evolved operational FOD Programs so far developed for getting the job done on the ramp and in the back-shops.
To access the information you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software installed on your computer. If you don't have this program, download it free of charge from the Internet at:
To get to the USAF FOD Regulations click on the URL below.
Once the home page opens select "Electronic Publications". Under "Choose An Organization" and just below "HQ" select "United States Air Force". When that page opens look under "AF Supplements to DOD Pubs" and select item number "21- Maintenance". Once there, in the "Short Title" column select "AFI 21-101".
A .PDF file titled "Aerospace Equipment Maintenance Management" will open. (Don't worry, you only need a few pages of this.) Scroll down through the index to "Chapter 21 - Special Programs" and find number "21-23 Foreign Object Damage FOD". Click on that and you will open the FOD Program Regulations as established by Headquarters US Air Force.
These are general requirements to be met throughout the entire USAF. But each major command within the USAF has customized them to meet their own needs, based on their specific aircraft types and mission operating requirements.
Elsewhere on the same site you can find the specific FOD regulations for the Air Mobility Command. Since AMC flies the "heavies" perhaps some of you airport and airline types might be interested in having a look at how they teach their personnel to make FOD prevention go right. To get there follow the same instructions above but at "Choose An Organization", select "Air Force Mobility Command", then "21 Maintenance", and click on AFMCI21-122.
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