Aug. 30, 2022

Vital Aircraft Parts Restored at FRCSW Metal Processing Shops

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — Once inducted, components are stripped to their metallic structures through blasting and cleaning methods and inspected for indications of corrosion or unusual wear. About half undergo a non-destructive inspection (NDI) to determine the cause of defects found during visual inspections.

Aug. 19, 2022

Navy Primary Standards Laboratory Operates From FRCSW

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — Assigned to Buildings 469 and 379, the lab is the Navy’s highest level for metrology calibration (the science of measurements) and provides technical assistance and training to shore metrology and calibration program personnel.

Aug. 12, 2022

FRCSW Generators Shop Serves Multiple Naval Airframes

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — Among the generators serviced are those of the F/A-18, P-3 Orion, V-22 Osprey, H-53 helicopter and the AV-8B Harrier.

Aug. 8, 2022

FRCSW Fleet Support Team: Naval Aviation’s Problem Solvers

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — Comprised of approximately 500 engineers, logisticians, chemists and scientists, the FST has served as the Navy’s in-service support provider for engineering and logistical solutions for more than 20 years.

Aug. 1, 2022

FRCSW First Depot to Tackle Super Hornet Service Life Modification

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — Once again the command is at the maintenance forefront of the F/A-18 airframe, this time taking the lead as the only FRC currently assigned to perform the Service Life Modification (SLM) to the Super Hornet E and F variants.

July 25, 2022

FRCSW Supports Marine Corps CH-53E Helos

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — The command’s CH-53 program operates in Building 333 where fiberglass and component work is completed, and Building 378 where the remaining airframe work is done.

July 6, 2022

FRCSW Repairs Damaged CMV-22 Osprey

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — The right-hand inner composite skin of the $75 million aircraft sustained a six-foot by three-foot crack with other, but minor, composite damage.

May 31, 2022

FRCSW Goes to the Movies: “Top Gun: Maverick”

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — FRCSW painted one of the film’s two F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft and led the installation design of the audio/visual (A/V) equipment fixed in the cockpit of an F-model Super Hornet used in the movie’s production.

May 16, 2022

FRCSW Provides Engine Power to Naval Ships

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — Production of the LM2500 began in 1969 by the General Electric Co. The engines were first used by the Navy to power Spruance and Kidd-class destroyers in the 1970s. A decade later, installation of the reliable engines expanded to include Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

April 11, 2022

FRCSW Names FY 2021 Civilian of the Quarter

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) selected James Trowsdell as its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Civilian of the Quarter, fourth quarter.