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...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Command of Fleet Readiness Center East returned to a Marine Corps officer as Col. Thomas A. Atkinson assumed leadership of the facility in a brief ceremony held May 7...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Fleet Readiness Center East hosted leaders from Naval Air Systems Command April 28 to discuss issues affecting aviation and personnel readiness, including turnaround time reduction, dynamic planning and organization, as well as receive feedback on recent...

Aircraft maintenance professionals with Fleet Readiness Center East’s F-35 Rapid Response Team play a critical role in keeping the Marine Corps’ F-35B Lightning II fleet healthy...