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 Civilian artisans from Fleet Readiness Center East perform maintenance and corrosion assessments

Civilian artisans from Fleet Readiness Center East perform maintenanc...

CHERRY POINT, N.C. (May. 14, 2010) Civilian artisans from Fleet Readiness Center East perform maintenance and corrosion assessments on two MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ... More

Cherry Point Breathes Life Into New Bern Tiger

Cherry Point Breathes Life Into New Bern Tiger

Cpl. Michael D. Dyer and Pfc. Cody J. Mathias work on the refurbishment of an F-11 aircraft at Fleet Readiness Center-East, Aug. 11. The aircraft was exhibited in the city of New Bern, N.C., for decades but had... More

Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr., deputy commandant

Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr., deputy commandant

Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr., deputy commandant for aviation, addresses Fleet Readiness Center East members during a ceremony for the arrival of the first F-35B Lightning II July 15 at the FRC East hangar. “... More

New F-35 modification facility brings strategic capability to FRCE

New F-35 modification facility brings strategic capability to FRCE

Fleet Readiness Center East is the lead site for depot-level maintenance on the F-35B (short takeoff-vertical landing). A recently constructed laser shock peening facility will bring a new strategic capability ... More

U.S. Rep. Robert J. Wittman, a representative of the

U.S. Rep. Robert J. Wittman, a representative of the

U.S. Rep. Robert J. Wittman, a representative of the First Congressional District of Virginia, discusses the impact of readiness training in the workforce with the leadership of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry ... More

Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14 Marines pose

Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14 Marines pose

Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14 Marines pose for a group photo after reaching the Deputy Commandant of Aviation's goal of 155 available Harrier engines at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Dec.... More

FRCE Dumpster Dive - A group of people standing in front of a truck

FRCE Dumpster Dive - A group of people standing in front of a truck

Fleet Readiness Center East Industrial Environmental Division team members conduct a "dumpster dive" in order to identify recyclable items that are finding their way into the trash through improper disposal. Du... More

VirLynda Cantoral, equal employment opportunity specialist

VirLynda Cantoral, equal employment opportunity specialist

VirLynda Cantoral, equal employment opportunity specialist at FRCE, recently received the Department of the Navy Human Resources and Equal Employment Opportunity Community Award for Excellence in the Rising Sta... More

One of the STEM cart’s drawers, stocked with the supplies

One of the STEM cart’s drawers, stocked with the supplies

One of the STEM cart’s drawers, stocked with the supplies needed for several different learning projects. FRCE engineer Brittany Bullock built the cart program from the ground up, designing the cart concept, cr... More

FRCE earns North Carolina safety awards for second straight year

FRCE earns North Carolina safety awards for second straight year

Fleet Readiness Center East 1st Sgt. Nathaniel J. Eirich, Safety Specialist Chi­na Taylor, N45 Safety, Quality and Regulatory Compliance Director Amy Morgan and N42 Military Director Maj. Jason Raper stand with... More

CNO selects FRCE for Shore Safety Award

CNO selects FRCE for Shore Safety Award

Fleet Readiness Center East Commanding Officer Capt. Mark E. Nieto, fourth from right, stands with FRCE leadership inspectors from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Progra... More

FRCE diverts 239 tons of Florence-related waste

FRCE diverts 239 tons of Florence-related waste

Richard Foley, a materials handler at Fleet Readiness Center East’s recycling program, sorts recyclable construction debris into a hopper in the depot’s recycling yard. In the nine months following Hurricane Fl... More

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Members of Fleet Readiness

Cutline: 190812-N-AC707-1001.jpg Members of Fleet Readiness

Cutline: 190812-N-AC707-1001.jpg Members of Fleet Readiness Center East’s first-ever class of the National Apprenticeship Program take an oath of office August 12 as part of the swearing-in ceremony for federal... More

FRCE wraps fly-in maintenance on Harrier jets

FRCE wraps fly-in maintenance on Harrier jets

The AV-8 team poses for a group photo with the final U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier inducted at Fleet Readiness Center East for Planned Maintenance Interval 1, during which the aircraft fly into and out of the... More

FRCE to begin accepting applicants for paid apprenticeship program

FRCE to begin accepting applicants for paid apprenticeship program

Fleet Readiness Center East apprentices attend their first day of classes at Craven Community College Aug. 19. The apprentices started the program in 2019, and were part of the FRCE’s first class in the Nationa... More

Lance Cpl. Joseph Pascale, assigned to Marine Attack

Lance Cpl. Joseph Pascale, assigned to Marine Attack

Lance Cpl. Joseph Pascale, assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542 at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, practices skills he learned during the Cross Platform Advanced Composite Repair course, a three-week progr... More

OSHA recognizes safety excellence at FRCE with VPP Star Site designation

OSHA recognizes safety excellence at FRCE with VPP Star Site designati...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently designated two sites at Fleet Readiness Center East as Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Sites for the depot's commitment to safety. Fewer than 6... More

Jessica Templeton, left, a Naval Air Systems Command

Jessica Templeton, left, a Naval Air Systems Command

Jessica Templeton, left, a Naval Air Systems Command materials engineer at Fleet Readiness Center East, and David Stricklin of Compass Systems inspect the finished product following the first-ever U.S. trials o... More

Workforce has a voice with the Beneficial Suggestion Program

Workforce has a voice with the Beneficial Suggestion Program

Ashton Brinson, left, and Byron McGraw developed an idea to create aluminum go-gauges to measure spindle lug liners on H-53 rotor head hinge pin assemblies. Their idea will prevent thousands of dollars of rewor... More

Fleet Readiness Center East Command Operations Director

Fleet Readiness Center East Command Operations Director

Fleet Readiness Center East Command Operations Director Jeff Nelson, right, presents Deborah Moy with a commander’s coin on behalf of FRCE Commanding Officer Capt. Mark E. Nieto, following the Individuals with ... More

Sophomore Keegan Scott, second from right, and Erik

Sophomore Keegan Scott, second from right, and Erik

Sophomore Keegan Scott, second from right, and Erik Quinn watch as Tim Creech and Rick Sawyer prepare to test an H-53 heavy lift helicopter radiator for leaks. Scott visited Fleet Readiness Center East as part ... More

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, left, inspects a V-22

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, left, inspects a V-22

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, left, inspects a V-22 Nacelle with airframer Henry Greene and sheet metal worker Shane Farrar during a tour of Fleet Readiness Center East Nov. 12. Cooper visited FRCE to discuss... More

Fleet Readiness Center East received the Star Worksite

Fleet Readiness Center East received the Star Worksite

Fleet Readiness Center East received the Star Worksite flag from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to honor the depot’s excellent safety program at a ceremony Dec. 3. Pictured from left are Mark... More

Michael Paul, H-53 branch head with the Fleet Readiness

Michael Paul, H-53 branch head with the Fleet Readiness

Michael Paul, H-53 branch head with the Fleet Readiness Center East Rotary Wing Division, briefs naval aviation leadership during a Boots on the Ground held Dec. 5 at the depot. Paul explained how implementing ... More

FRCE secures DoD robotics grants for area schools

FRCE secures DoD robotics grants for area schools

Fleet Readiness Center East electronics engineers Kaila Peterson and John Crick coach their FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Lego League team at Gramercy Christian School Dec. 1... More

F-35 Rapid Response Team takes repairs on the road

F-35 Rapid Response Team takes repairs on the road

The F-35 Rapid Response Team, a highly skilled team of cross-trained aircraft maintenance professionals headquartered at Fleet Readiness Center East, stands ready to deploy at a moment’s notice in support of th... More

Joseph Farr, an aircraft mechanical parts repairer

Joseph Farr, an aircraft mechanical parts repairer

Joseph Farr, an aircraft mechanical parts repairer at Fleet Readiness Center East, inspects a completed H-53 main rotor head. FRCE recently revived its H-53 main rotor head program through a partnership with Sikorsky.

Model maker Chris McCoy, right, demonstrates to machinist

Model maker Chris McCoy, right, demonstrates to machinist

Model maker Chris McCoy, right, demonstrates to machinist apprentice Collin Grummert how to use a FaroArm coordinate measuring machine to verify the dimensions of a 522 fitting for an H-53 heavy-left helicopter... More

Quality engineer Maddie Dunton, a third-generation

Quality engineer Maddie Dunton, a third-generation

Quality engineer Maddie Dunton, a third-generation Fleet Readiness Center East employee, developed an interest in engineering when she attended her first engineering summer camp as a sixth-grader. At her desk o... More

Gracia Sevilla, left, a phlebotomist with the Armed

Gracia Sevilla, left, a phlebotomist with the Armed

Gracia Sevilla, left, a phlebotomist with the Armed Services Blood Program, prepares to draw blood from the arm of Stephen Delsordo, FRCE materials engineer. Delsordo was one of 52 FRCE employees who donated bl... More

Fixed wing director earns Mentor of Year honors at FRCE

Fixed wing director earns Mentor of Year honors at FRCE

Fleet Readiness Center East Commanding Officer Capt. Mark E. Nieto, left, presents Donald Jeter with a letter honoring him as the FRCE Mentor of the Year. Naval Air Systems Command recognized Jeter as the depot... More

MALS-14 commander stresses importance of persistence

MALS-14 commander stresses importance of persistence

Lt. Col. C.C. McDonald, commander of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, visited Fleet Readiness Center East Feb. 24 to celebrate Black History Month ... More

Teamwork, ingenuity and hard work help FRCE overcome production challenges

Teamwork, ingenuity and hard work help FRCE overcome production challe...

Richard P. Boyd, an electrical equipment repairer at Fleet Readiness Center East, works on the motor for an H-53 tail skid actuator. FRCE aircraft maintenance professionals and engineers worked together to deve... More

FRCE engineers, artisans innovate to get F/A-18 back in the air

FRCE engineers, artisans innovate to get F/A-18 back in the air

Corey Dunn, right, a machinist work leader in Fleet Readiness Center East’s production department, explains how he used a metal holding plate to apply pressure to the perimeter of an F/A-18 panel manufactured o... More

FRCE engineer named Modern Day Technology Leader

FRCE engineer named Modern Day Technology Leader

Fleet Readiness Center East Engineer Farron Rucker, center, accepts a Modern Day Technology Leader Award during the Black Engineer of the Year Award STEM Conference Feb. 14 in Washington, D.C. Rucker received t... More

Karen Christensen, an upholsterer at Fleet Readiness

Karen Christensen, an upholsterer at Fleet Readiness

Karen Christensen, an upholsterer at Fleet Readiness Center East, works to manufacture a cloth face covering for the depot’s employees who cannot effectively maintain social distancing because of their work env... More

A 3D printer’s nozzle lays down layers of polylactic

A 3D printer’s nozzle lays down layers of polylactic

A 3D printer’s nozzle lays down layers of polylactic acid thermal plastic material while building the headband for a medical face shield. Fleet Readiness Center East recently started manufacturing medical face ... More

Donovan Guthrie, a pneudraulics system mechanic at

Donovan Guthrie, a pneudraulics system mechanic at

Donovan Guthrie, a pneudraulics system mechanic at Fleet Readiness Center East, tests the functionality of an F-18 cabin safety valve by using the test stand to bring it up to operational altitude. After Oklaho... More

Robert Durst, a pneudraulics system mechanic at Fleet

Robert Durst, a pneudraulics system mechanic at Fleet

Robert Durst, a pneudraulics system mechanic at Fleet Readiness Center East, readies an F-35 valve for evaluation on a test stand. The process will subject the valve to intense heat and pressure to verify its o... More

Marines aboard the USS Bataan, forward deployed to

Marines aboard the USS Bataan, forward deployed to

Marines aboard the USS Bataan, forward deployed to the Arabian Sea, unbox an accessory drive bevel gear shipped from Fleet Readiness Center East. FRCE sent the component to Marines assigned to Medium Tiltrotor ... More

Robert Warmack, FRCE welder, sets up an orbital welding

Robert Warmack, FRCE welder, sets up an orbital welding

Robert Warmack, FRCE welder, sets up an orbital welding machine to weld fittings onto a titanium fuel line tube for the V-22 Osprey. FRCE is the only DOD aircraft maintenance facility with the capability to wel... More

Jeremy Archer, FRCE aircraft worker, inspects a P3

Jeremy Archer, FRCE aircraft worker, inspects a P3

Jeremy Archer, FRCE aircraft worker, inspects a P3 filter bowl on a UH-1N helicopter before its first test flight in about 15 years. The helicopter had arrived at FRCE as a hybrid of Air Force and Army cofigurations.

David Smith (left), engine clean and paint shop supervisor,

David Smith (left), engine clean and paint shop supervisor,

David Smith (left), engine clean and paint shop supervisor, works with Mark Gillikin, component clean shop and rotor head paint shop supervisor, to load parts to be processed in Gillikin’s shops. The two superv... More

Rep. Greg Murphy, center, climbs a stand to get a view

Rep. Greg Murphy, center, climbs a stand to get a view

Rep. Greg Murphy, center, climbs a stand to get a view of the F-35 Lightning II cockpit during a tour of Fleet Readiness Center East Friday, July 17. Murphy, who represents North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional Di... More

Crystal Gent (left), FRCE aircraft mechanical parts

Crystal Gent (left), FRCE aircraft mechanical parts

Crystal Gent (left), FRCE aircraft mechanical parts repairer apprentice, assists Joshua Maragni, aircraft mechanical parts repairer, in using a crane to lift a nose gearbox assembly for the H-53 helicopter.

Mike DeLuzio, an aircraft engine mechanic in the T64

Mike DeLuzio, an aircraft engine mechanic in the T64

Mike DeLuzio, an aircraft engine mechanic in the T64 engine shop at Fleet Readiness Center East, installs the electrical harness to the overspeed switch on a T64 engine. In early August, Fleet Readiness Center ... More

Randall Lewis, Innovation Lab lead at the Naval Air

Randall Lewis, Innovation Lab lead at the Naval Air

Randall Lewis, Innovation Lab lead at the Naval Air Systems Command In-Service Support Center Fleet Support Team at Fleet Readiness Center East, compares a 3D-printed headband to the model used by the printer. ... More

Debra Davis, data management specialist, updates an

Debra Davis, data management specialist, updates an

Debra Davis, data management specialist, updates an interactive electronic technical manual for the V-22 production line at FRCE. (Photo by Kimberly Koonce, Fleet Readiness Center East Public Affairs)

Tommy Stokes, a structures engineer on the H-60 Fleet

Tommy Stokes, a structures engineer on the H-60 Fleet

Tommy Stokes, a structures engineer on the H-60 Fleet Support Team at Naval Air Systems Command’s In-Service Support Center at Fleet Readiness Center East, explains how this 3D-printed omnidirectional antenna m... More

D.J. Bowman, an aircraft worker on the V-22 line at

D.J. Bowman, an aircraft worker on the V-22 line at

D.J. Bowman, an aircraft worker on the V-22 line at Fleet Readiness Center East, prepares to connect a crane to the V-22 sponson fuel bladder sling, which is secured to a V-22 Osprey’s sponson fuel bladder that... More

Bub King, combined trades worker, removes a swath of

Bub King, combined trades worker, removes a swath of

Bub King, combined trades worker, removes a swath of coating from an aircraft engine container during a demonstration of laser ablation technology held at FRCE on Sept. 29. FRCE is exploring adopting laser abla... More

William Touchette, a pneudraulics system mechanic at

William Touchette, a pneudraulics system mechanic at

William Touchette, a pneudraulics system mechanic at Fleet Readiness Center East, checks the position of a V-22 Osprey swashplate actuator before using a new test stand to conduct acceptance testing procedures ... More

Kemp Wickizer III, a production control coordinator

Kemp Wickizer III, a production control coordinator

Kemp Wickizer III, a production control coordinator on the F-35 Lightning II modification line at Fleet Readiness Center East, demonstrates the use of the Power Column 3 vertical lift module, a new storage solu... More

Michael Wagoner, center, and Jonathan Jarman, right,

Michael Wagoner, center, and Jonathan Jarman, right,

Michael Wagoner, center, and Jonathan Jarman, right, lead a tour of Fleet Readiness Center East’s V-22 Osprey line during an Advanced Measurement Services and Reverse Engineering Labs summit held recently at FR... More

FRCE aces Navy Working Capital Fund audit

FRCE aces Navy Working Capital Fund audit

Frederick Mercier, left, and Matt McCann demonstrate the procedure used to verify asset documentation during the Navy Working Capital Fund Supply Management audit conducted in September. Fleet Readiness Center ... More

Lester Cannon, mule train driver, delivers parts between

Lester Cannon, mule train driver, delivers parts between

Lester Cannon, mule train driver, delivers parts between aircraft repair shops at FRCE. Mule trains carry parts and materials between more than 100 stations over the massive FRCE complex.

A V-22 Osprey undergoes final inspections on the FRCE

A V-22 Osprey undergoes final inspections on the FRCE

A V-22 Osprey undergoes final inspections on the FRCE flight line on January 15, just before completion. This aircraft’s 297-day turnaround time set a new milestone for the V-22 production line at FRCE.

H-1 logistician earns ‘Mentor of Year’ title at FRCE

H-1 logistician earns ‘Mentor of Year’ title at FRCE

Eric Jackson, center, maintenance logistics lead with the H-1 Fleet Support Team at NAVAIR’s In-Service Support Center at Fleet Readiness Center East, received recognition as FRCE Mentor of the Year during NAVA... More

FRCE makes huge gains in high-priority backorders

FRCE makes huge gains in high-priority backorders

Richard Boyd, an electrical equipment repairer at Fleet Readiness Center East, takes an inventory of parts before preparing to assemble an H-53 tail skid actuator. In the past, a shortage of this actuator has b... More

N.C. Senator Kay Hagan addresses Fleet Readiness Center

N.C. Senator Kay Hagan addresses Fleet Readiness Center

N.C. Senator Kay Hagan addresses Fleet Readiness Center members during a ceremony for the arrival of the first ever F-35B Lightning II July 15 at the FRC East Hangar. “With the arrival of the F-35B, the future ... More

U.S. Rep. Robert J. Wittman, a representative of the

U.S. Rep. Robert J. Wittman, a representative of the

U.S. Rep. Robert J. Wittman, a representative of the First Congressional District of Virginia, is given a brief by leadership of Fleet Readiness Center (FRC) East on the logistics of FRC East on Marine Corps Ai... More

Col. Eric E. Austin congratulates Marine Aviation Logistics

Col. Eric E. Austin congratulates Marine Aviation Logistics

Col. Eric E. Austin congratulates Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14 Marines for reaching the Deputy Commandant of Aviation's goal of 155 available Harrier engines at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N... More

Craven County second-graders open the STEM cart to

Craven County second-graders open the STEM cart to

Craven County second-graders open the STEM cart to collect the supplies they need to build a rain gauge. The project instructions and materials are part a STEM outreach pilot program driven by Fleet Readiness C... More

Fleet Readiness Center East’s Apprentice Class of 2023

Fleet Readiness Center East’s Apprentice Class of 2023

Fleet Readiness Center East’s Apprentice Class of 2023 pose for a group photo in front of an AV-8 Harrier trainer on the depot’s grounds. The class marks the kickoff of FRCE’s participation in the National Appr... More

From left to right, Lance Cpl. Ethan Kennaugh, Marine

From left to right, Lance Cpl. Ethan Kennaugh, Marine

From left to right, Lance Cpl. Ethan Kennaugh, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 29 at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina; Staff Sgt. Christopher Bruns, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadro... More

A mobile, autonomous cold spray metallization system

A mobile, autonomous cold spray metallization system

A mobile, autonomous cold spray metallization system sprays a corroded windowsill on a V-22 Osprey during the unit’s first-ever U.S. trials for structural repairs, held in late 2019 at Fleet Readiness Center Ea... More

VirLynda Cantoral (3rd from left), reacts to a speaker

VirLynda Cantoral (3rd from left), reacts to a speaker

VirLynda Cantoral (3rd from left), reacts to a speaker at a 2019 special emphasis program event hosted by FRCE.

New Bern attorney Deborah Moy, right, addresses members

New Bern attorney Deborah Moy, right, addresses members

New Bern attorney Deborah Moy, right, addresses members of the Fleet Readiness Center East workforce during a Lunch and Learn event October 24. During the event, sponsored by the Individuals with Disabilities A... More

Chandler Cary, right, a freshman at Early College EAST

Chandler Cary, right, a freshman at Early College EAST

Chandler Cary, right, a freshman at Early College EAST High School in Havelock, North Carolina, reviews the technical instruction for an H-53 helicopter’s temperature controller with electrical equipment repair... More

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, right, shakes hands

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, right, shakes hands

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, right, shakes hands with Seth Broadway, a pneudraulics mechanic at Fleet Readiness Center during a tour of Fleet Readiness Center East Nov. 12. Cooper visited FRCE to discuss the... More

Fleet Readiness Center East earned recognition from

Fleet Readiness Center East earned recognition from

Fleet Readiness Center East earned recognition from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for its commitment to safety, as the organization named the depot a Voluntary Protection Program Star Worksi... More

Fleet Readiness Center East Commanding Officer Capt.

Fleet Readiness Center East Commanding Officer Capt.

Fleet Readiness Center East Commanding Officer Capt. Mark E. Nieto, left, points out the FRCE’s new H-53 production control center to Vice Adm. Dean Peters, commander of Naval Air Systems Command, during a tour... More

Jeff Miller, an aircraft mechanical parts repairer

Jeff Miller, an aircraft mechanical parts repairer

Jeff Miller, an aircraft mechanical parts repairer at Fleet Readiness Center East, finishes a bearing stack-up that will be part of an H-53 main rotor head spindle.

Fleet Readiness Center East’s manufacturing department

Fleet Readiness Center East’s manufacturing department

Fleet Readiness Center East’s manufacturing department stepped in and produced this 522 fitting for the H-53 heavy-lift helicopter when supply system shortfalls led to a work stoppage on two aircraft. The compl... More

Fleet Readiness Center East quality engineer Maddie

Fleet Readiness Center East quality engineer Maddie

Fleet Readiness Center East quality engineer Maddie Dunton, left, discusses technical data with aircraft mechanic Arkeith Gough. Dunton, a third-generation FRCE employee, said her interest in engineering was sp... More

A Sailor prepares to move a box containing blood donations

A Sailor prepares to move a box containing blood donations

A Sailor prepares to move a box containing blood donations from the Armed Services Blood Program drive at FRCE on January 24. The donated blood was transported to the Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune to suppor... More

Klaus Beck, a fiberglass fabricator at Fleet Readiness

Klaus Beck, a fiberglass fabricator at Fleet Readiness

Klaus Beck, a fiberglass fabricator at Fleet Readiness Center East, measures the cloth used to manufacture the cloth face covering for the depot’s employees who cannot effectively maintain social distancing bec... More

Randall Lewis, innovation lead at Fleet Readiness Center

Randall Lewis, innovation lead at Fleet Readiness Center

Randall Lewis, innovation lead at Fleet Readiness Center East’ Fleet Support Team Site Support Office, reviews the program created by Naval Air Systems Command to employ 3D printers in the fight against coronav... More

Donovan Guthrie, right, a pneudraulics system mechanic

Donovan Guthrie, right, a pneudraulics system mechanic

Donovan Guthrie, right, a pneudraulics system mechanic at Fleet Readiness Center East, and Jason Hollister, a pneudraulics system mechanic apprentice, check an F-18 cabin safety valve against the technical inst... More

Robert Durst, a pneudraulics system mechanic at Fleet

Robert Durst, a pneudraulics system mechanic at Fleet

Robert Durst, a pneudraulics system mechanic at Fleet Readiness Center East, readies an F-35 valve for evaluation on a test stand. The process will subject the valve to intense heat and pressure to verify its o... More

Aidan E. demonstrates his invention in a video submitted

Aidan E. demonstrates his invention in a video submitted

Aidan E. demonstrates his invention in a video submitted for the STEM Infusion Project’s #DontGoViral Challenge. He was one of 145 students participating in the project, which challenged students to design and ... More

An orbital welding machine performs a weld on a titanium

An orbital welding machine performs a weld on a titanium

An orbital welding machine performs a weld on a titanium fuel line for the V-22 Osprey. Orbital welding provides a clean, precise bond between the titanium tube and the fittings that hold it in place on the aircraft.

The Air Force’s UH-1N helicopter after depot maintenance

The Air Force’s UH-1N helicopter after depot maintenance

The Air Force’s UH-1N helicopter after depot maintenance overhaul at FRCE in June 2020.

Fleet Readiness Center East aircraft mechanical parts

Fleet Readiness Center East aircraft mechanical parts

Fleet Readiness Center East aircraft mechanical parts repairer work leader Ashley Dixon, left, and aircraft mechanical parts repairer Ashton Brinson torque the pinion nuts on a first-stage planetary gear, part ... More

Charlie Carpenter, painter, applies a magnesium coating

Charlie Carpenter, painter, applies a magnesium coating

Charlie Carpenter, painter, applies a magnesium coating to an H-53 nose gearbox to prevent corrosion and improve how coatings adhere to the part.

Fleet Readiness Center East Commanding Officer Capt.

Fleet Readiness Center East Commanding Officer Capt.

Fleet Readiness Center East Commanding Officer Capt. Mark E. Nieto, right, and Rep. Greg Murphy, second from right, discuss operations on FRCE’s H-53 heavy-lift helicopter line during Murphy’s visit to the faci... More

Newly hired apprentices take the oath of office as

Newly hired apprentices take the oath of office as

Newly hired apprentices take the oath of office as federal employees on their first day of orientation at FRCE on August 10.

Mike DeLuzio, an aircraft engine mechanic in the T64

Mike DeLuzio, an aircraft engine mechanic in the T64

Mike DeLuzio, an aircraft engine mechanic in the T64 engine shop at Fleet Readiness Center East, installs the electrical harness to the overspeed switch on a T64 engine. In early August, Fleet Readiness Center ... More

A 3D printer completes production of a headband used

A 3D printer completes production of a headband used

A 3D printer completes production of a headband used in one of the face shields manufactured by Fleet Readiness Center East for local first responders and essential personnel.

A team of engineers with the H-60 Fleet Support Team

A team of engineers with the H-60 Fleet Support Team

A team of engineers with the H-60 Fleet Support Team at Naval Air Systems Command’s In-Service Support Center at Fleet Readiness Center East have developed an innovative solution to support communication upgrad... More

Choy Littleton, drawing technician, prints a technical

Choy Littleton, drawing technician, prints a technical

Choy Littleton, drawing technician, prints a technical drawing from the Joint Engineering Data Management Information Control System (JEDMICS). (Photo by Kimberly Koonce, Fleet Readiness Center East Public Affairs)

Coboros Davis, left, airframe mechanic, and D.J. Bowman,

Coboros Davis, left, airframe mechanic, and D.J. Bowman,

Coboros Davis, left, airframe mechanic, and D.J. Bowman, aircraft worker, use the V-22 sponson bladder sling to lift an Osprey’s sponson fuel bladder from a crate on Fleet Readiness Center East’s V-22 Osprey ai... More

Bridget Wilkins, production supervisor in the packaging

Bridget Wilkins, production supervisor in the packaging

Bridget Wilkins, production supervisor in the packaging and preservation shop, cleans a patch of coating from a scrap container, while Tim Niemeier, Adapt Laser vice president, looks on. Artisans, engineers and... More

William Touchette, a pneudraulics system mechanic at

William Touchette, a pneudraulics system mechanic at

William Touchette, a pneudraulics system mechanic at Fleet Readiness Center East, secures a connection between a V-22 Osprey swashplate actuator and a new test stand before running acceptance testing procedures... More

Kemp Wickizer III, a production control coordinator

Kemp Wickizer III, a production control coordinator

Kemp Wickizer III, a production control coordinator on the F-35 Lightning II modification line at Fleet Readiness Center East, demonstrates use of a new vertical lift module for Ike Rettenmair, F-35 branch head... More

FRCE aircraft mechanics perform final maintenance functions

FRCE aircraft mechanics perform final maintenance functions

FRCE aircraft mechanics perform final maintenance functions on this V-22 Osprey before it is returned to the fleet. FRCE returned this aircraft in 297 days, 123 days before the negotiated completion date. The V... More

Danny Beligotti, transportation truck driver, prepares

Danny Beligotti, transportation truck driver, prepares

Danny Beligotti, transportation truck driver, prepares to drive a load of supplies, tools and aircraft parts from FRCE to the depot’s detachment at MCAS Beaufort, S.C. Trucks are dispatched weekly to Beaufort, ... More

(From left to right) Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr.,

(From left to right) Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr.,

(From left to right) Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr., the deputy commandant for aviation, N.C. Senator Kay Hagan, and Lt. Col. Steve Gillette, a pilot attached to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 who... More

U.S. Marines and civilians assigned to Marine Wing

U.S. Marines and civilians assigned to Marine Wing

U.S. Marines and civilians assigned to Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2, brief U.S. Rep. Robert J. Wittman, a representative of the First Congressional District of Virginia, on the impact of readiness traini... More

Col. Eric E. Austin congratulates Marine Aviation Logistics

Col. Eric E. Austin congratulates Marine Aviation Logistics

Col. Eric E. Austin congratulates Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14 Marines for reaching the Deputy Commandant of Aviation's goal of 155 available Harrier engines at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N... More

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