Hi Jim,
This sounds like a dissident to the DOD Acquistion Reform Policy instituted
back in the mid 90s that did away with the "how to" spec's/std's (i.e.
MIL-E-5400, MIL-STD-275, MIL-P-55110 and MIL-STD-2000) and relies upon the
performance specification to determine the product requirements.  In other
words don't tell the manufacturer how to
design/build/qualify/produce/warrant equipment because it costs too much,
tell her/him what you want the equipment to do, for how long, in what
environment and all with minimal risk and a reduced cost -- yeah right!
If I were a betting man, I would say that an Air Force Program Manager (not
the whole Air Force) has been bitten by the misuse of no-clean chemistry on
a previous program or contract.  So, in a sense, this may be the second time
and it is not going to be shame on the PM.
This reminds me of years gone by while with the Navy -- after MIL-STD-2000
was cancelled, NAWCADLKE-MISC-05-MT-0002 was developed and released by the
same Navy folks (I'm one of the guilty) who supported the SOLD program.
This document found its way into contracts and product specifications not
without notice but there was little the bigger DOD folks could do.
Remember, you get what you pay for and if that Air Force PM wants no-clean,
he probably has a damn good reason why.

Steve Sauer
Northrop Grumman, Xetron

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Jenkins

...the Air Force has issued a directive disallowing the use of no-clean
fluxes
on any of their hardware.  The customer is flowing down that requirement to
us.  Do any of you know of this directive or what they could be referring
to?

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