Photo by Samantha Morse | Fleet Readiness Center East | 10.24.2024
Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) and Defense Logistics Agency employees who have been part of the F402 team, either currently or in the past, stand in front of the depot’s final completed F402 engine. Following the conclusion of the command’s last AV-8 Harrier maintenance event in September, FRCE also returned its final F402 engine, the Harrier’s power source, to the fleet Oct. 28....
Photo by Tristan Pavlik | NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support | 04.13.2022
AV-8 Integrated Weapons Support Team gathers to celebrate achieving significant milestone by reaching a historic low for total backorders....
Photo by Kimberly Koonce | Fleet Readiness Center East | 11.01.2021
Raiheem Tillman, FRCE integrated electronics systems mechanic, tapes wire harnesses as part of maintenance on an AV-8B Harrier. FRCE recently completed similar work on the last AV-8B Harrier to undergo planned scheduled maintenance for Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. (Photo by Kimberly Koonce, Fleet Readiness Center East Public Affairs)...
Photo by Kimberly Koonce | Fleet Readiness Center East | 11.01.2021
Josh Arthur (left), FRCE sheet metal work leader, and Paul Spicer, air frames work leader, replace anchor nuts holding panels in place on an AV-8B Harrier. FRCE’s AV-8B production line recently completed its last scheduled maintenance for Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. VMA-542 is slated to become Cherry Point’s first F-35 squadron and will be......
Photo by Heather Wilburn | Fleet Readiness Center East | 09.15.2021
Team members from Fleet Readiness Center East’s AV-8B production line stand in front of the last AV-8B Harrier to undergo Planned Maintenance Interval (PMI) inspection for Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. VMA-542 will become MCAS Cherry Point’s first F-35 squadron and is ceasing scheduled depot maintenance on its Harriers. (Photo by Heather......
Photo by Heather Wilburn | Fleet Readiness Center East | 05.06.2021
A cross-disciplinary team of Fleet Readiness Center East facilities maintenance personnel, production artisans and engineers received recognition for working together to implement a workaround for a malfunctioning automated welding machine, delivering results that produced a cost avoidance for the fleet that could add up to more than $4.9 million. FRCE artisans use the machine – the only one......
Photo by Heather Wilburn | Fleet Readiness Center East | 08.14.2019
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 depot. The photo was taken prior to the completed aircraft’s delivery to Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. Moving forward,......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Mya Crosby | 355th Wing | 03.13.2016
The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, performs an "Arrowhead Loop" during the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Open House at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 13, 2016. The aerial demonstrations exhibited some of the maximum capabilities of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the Air Force’s premier multi-role fighter jet. For each Thunderbirds F-16 aircraft that......
