TO 00-5-15 TECHNICAL MANUAL: AIR FORCE TIME COMPLIANCE TECHNICAL ORDER PROCESS (27 MAR 2001

TO 00-5-15 TECHNICAL MANUAL: AIR FORCE TIME COMPLIANCE TECHNICAL ORDER PROCESS (01 JAN 2010) [SUPERSEDES TO 00-5-15 (15 MAY 2009) & AFMCI 21-302 (19 DEC 2007)]., TCTOs provide instructions to modify military systems or commodities within specified time limits, initiate special �one time� inspections, or impose temporary restrictions and track configuration on systems or equipment. TCTOs for fielded systems and equipment are planned, prepared and issued by the responsible Equipment Specialist/Technical Content Manager (ES/TCM) (or Modification Manager) under the authority of the affected system/equipment Program Manager/Supply Chain Manager (PM/SCM). The Technical Order (TO) Manager is responsible for assisting an ES/TCM or Modification Manager with the development and publication of TCTOs and related TO Updates. This TO prescribes instructions and procedures for the Air Force TCTO process (see Figure 1-1 TCTO Development Flow Diagram, and Figure 1-2, TCTO Implementation Flow Diagram). This TO incorporates TCTO-related procedures from AFMCI 21-302, Processing Interim Technical Orders and Rapid Action Changes, AFMCMAN 21-1, AFMC Technical Order System Procedures, and portions of the OO-ALC TCTO KAIZEN Rapid Improvement Event (RIE).