28 September 2023 FRCE marks first with new F-35 component Fleet Readiness Center East successfully assembled F-35B Lightning II aircraft component outside the original manufacturer’s facility.
05 September 2023 FRCSW STEM in Action NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. - When Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) STEM ambassadors visit local communities, their goal is to utilize the STEM outreach program to inspire and create valuable opportunities to learn for both students and educators. The program also tries to empower
22 August 2023 FRCE Employee Retires After 70 Years of Military, Civil Service MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Freddie Dawkins, a pneudraulics systems mechanic at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE), recently celebrated an extraordinary milestone, retiring from federal service after 70 years of combined military and civilian service.
14 August 2023 FRCE hosts congressional visit from N.C. Rep. Murphy MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. -- Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) hosted U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy Aug. 14 for a briefing and tour focused on the depot’s expanding workload and future capabilities, including enhanced support of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter.
11 August 2023 Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Hosts Graduation for First Class of Multi-trades Apprentices In More Than Two Decades JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Fleet Readiness Center Southeast hosts graduation for first class of multi-trades apprentices in more than two decades.
08 August 2023 Loud and Clear: New Paint Scheme Helps Boost Workplace Safety at FRCE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. -- An ongoing initiative to improve understanding of personal protective equipment requirements at Fleet Readiness Center East is ensuring employees can quickly and easily identify what type of protective equipment is needed to enter industrial
01 August 2023 FRCE Hosts Externship Program with Local Educators MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) recently hosted a group of Craven County School teachers as part of an externship program focused on preparing students for careers in industry.
11 July 2023 FRCE Modernization Team Improves Work Environment, Saves Time and Money While teams of expert artisans, engineers and logisticians support state-of-the-art maintenance, repair and overhaul of the military’s most advanced aircraft platforms at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) – often in buildings that date back to the depot’s World War II
11 July 2023 FRCE ground support shop equips aircraft lines for success Fleet Readiness Center East's Ground Support Branch repairs and maintains the vital ground support equipment used to move aircraft, transport parts, test systems and perform other critical functions that support aircraft production efforts at the depot.
23 June 2023 FRCE marks first with adoption of battery-powered ground power units Fleet Readiness Center East’s (FRCE) UH-1N Huey production line is swapping out diesel-powered ground power units (GPU) for a sustainable alternative with the recent purchase of battery-powered GPUs, becoming the first adapter of this technology within the Naval Aviation community.