TO 00-5-3, TECHNICAL MANUAL - METHODS AND PROCEDURES: AF TECHNICAL ORDER LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT (ATOS) (15-MAR-2014)

TO 00-5-3, TECHNICAL MANUAL - METHODS AND PROCEDURES: AF TECHNICAL ORDER LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT (ATOS) (15-MAR-2014)., THIS MANUAL SUPERSEDES TO 00-5-3, DATED 15 JULY 2013. This Technical Order (TO) provides System Program Managers/Program Managers/Product Group Managers (SPMs/PMs/PGMs), TO Management Agency/Agents (TOMAs), Flight Manual Managers (FMMs), Technical Content Managers (TCMs) and Major Command (MAJCOM) Functional Managers (FMs) with methods and procedures for lifecycle management of TOs, Time Compliance TOs (TCTOs) and updates to support initial acquisition, sustainment and modification of system and equipment hardware and software. The procedures in this TO are designed to implement the Air Force TO Vision: “...to provide user-friendly, technically accurate, secure and up-to-date digital technical data at the point of use that is acquired, sustained, distributed and available in digital format from a single point of access for all technical data users.” This TO is used in conjunction with the referenced and related publications and forms listed in Appendix A.