In the Air Force they are very fussy about leaving tools behind, over the years there have been aircraft lost and crew killed because a tool lodged somewhere and jammed a control surface. To support this program every tool used on the flight line is engraved with a number identifying the wing, squadron and tool box it came from. The wing I was stationed at was in the process of upgrading to a new weapons system so we were changing out all of our aircraft in about an 18 months as well as getting A.G.E (Aerospace Groundsupport Equipment) to support the new tasking. One wing out in the west was sending us equipment and aircraft we didn't think meet the standards outlined in the Technical Orders. When this is the case you can fill out a R.O.D. (Report of Discrepancy) allowing the repair cost and out of commission time being charged to the losing wing. We did that and it touched of a "Urinary Olympiad" (A.K.A pi$$ing contest). A few weeks later the wing out west received one of our Aircraft and they did the required acceptance inspection and found tools loose in the Airframe, they filled out a R.O.D. and sent the tools as evidence to support their claim. When the R.O.D. and tools hit our maintenance Q.A.they were a bit offended but did an investigation as required. They cleaned the tools trying to find the engraving to determine where the tools came from and low and behold they all had markings from the other wing. The Aircraft in question had been assigned to them before us so we answered the flight safety inquiry pointing out where the tools came from and that they must of been rolling around in the airframe for the 4 to 5 years the aircraft was stationed with us. Didn't seem to have to many problems with them complaining about our stuff after that.
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