John Stennis (CVN 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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The mission of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) to provide intermediate level maintenance, inspection, testing, calibration, compo- ent repair and maintenance support equipment to the JOHN C. STENNIS Battle Iroup and the Air Wing. The five divisions - Staff (IM-1), General Maintenance M-2), Avionics and Armament (IM-3), Ground Support (IM-4) and Individual Mate- al Readiness List (IM-5), are divided into 57 different work centers, each with a spe- alized support function. Working together as a team, AIMD utilizes more than 18,000 pieces of ijuipment to support the many systems found in aircraft and other battle group sys- ms. AIMD has the capability to test, repair and service more than 16,000 different )mponents. The level of these repairs range from the small, delicate work per- )rmed by the micro-miniature repair technicians, to the complex work performed by ve jet engine mechanics. Altogether, AIMD routinely accomplishes more than 6,100 maintenance ztions per month while deployed. AIMD does whatever it takes to fix whatever is roken so the battle group is always ready. AEVID 51