The purpose of this Technical Order (TO) is to describe the Air Force TO System established by Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 21-3, Technical Orders, and Air Force Instruction (AFI) 21-303, Technical Orders, under the control of HQ USAF/ILMM, specify business practices and responsibilities for operation and management of the TO system, and outline general procedures for use of the system. The standard set of TO System functions consists of acquire, publish, stock, distribute, maintain and use TOs. This TO identifies and explains the various types of TOs and related procedures. Changes to this TO shall be submitted in accordance with Chapter 9. Request for waivers of TO System practices and procedures will be submitted IAW AFI 21-303. References and related publications, related forms, acronyms and terms used in this TO are listed in the Glossary, Appendix A.
The purpose of the Air Force TO system is to provide concise but clear instructions for safe and effective operation and maintenance of centrally-acquired and managed Air Force military systems and end items. All available formats of a TO or TO update (paper, digital medium, electronic file) must be released concurrently (see Glossary) to maintain TO configuration control. TOs are published by authority of the Secretary of the Air Force in accordance with AFPD 21-3. Compliance with Air Force TOs is mandatory.
Information about the Air Force TO system (points of contact, policy documents, latest policy initiatives, etc.) can be accessed through the World Wide Web on the TO System Information Page. The page can be read using a browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape, and entering the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) at
http://www.answers.com/topic/uniform-resource-locator
