In the aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul industry, Aerospace Standard (AS) 9110 serves as the benchmark for excellence. Following a recent third-party surveillance audit, Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) became the first aviation depot within Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers (COMFRC) to...

At Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE), the challenge or organizing the thousands of parts from an aircraft that comes in for maintenance or repair is being managed using a new software application called WISK, short for Work-in-Process Inventory, Storage and Kitting. The WISK application provides...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - An eight-person Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) team recently received high praise for deploying to Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Mississippi, to support Rolls-Royce in production of the F405 engine used in the T-45A/C Goshawk jet trainer...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) marked a milestone in its support of the F-35 Lightning II program when the depot inducted its 100th F-35 for modifications June 11...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Fleet Readiness Center East is always looking for new, innovative ways to improve its processes. Recently, a group of FRCE engineers and aviation maintenance professionals attended a demonstration of a robotic tool that can clean fiber optic cables more...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - A team at FRCE is examining new possibilities for quickly and accurately detecting corrosion and preventing its spread. The F-35 Lightning II program at FRCE recently hosted a demonstration of a tool that can help identify corrosion through many aircraft...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - A cross-disciplinary team of Fleet Readiness Center East facilities maintenance personnel, production artisans and engineers excelled at problem solving when an automated welding machine for F402 engine combustion chambers – the only one of its kind in...

Fleet Readiness Center East hosted Sen. Thom Tillis and Rep. Greg Murphy for a June 2 visit to the depot’s H-1 Aircraft Rework Facility at the North Carolina Global TransPark in Kinston...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C - Two groups of Fleet Readiness Center East apprentices celebrated success during a graduation ceremony held May 20 at the Craven Community College New Bern campus...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Fleet Readiness Center East hosted Sec. Walter Gaskin of the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs May 20 for a brief visit focused on FRCE operations and veteran participation in the depot’s workforce...