May 29, 2018

FRCSW LM2500 Engine Program Surpasses 40 Years of Service

Aircraft engine repairman Randy Balolong uses a dial indicator to check the balancing of an LM2500 engine compressor in Building 472 aboard FRCSW. ...

May 11, 2018

NAVAIR Engineers Honored by AIAA-San Diego

Aerospace engineer Nathan Cox operates the pressurization test lab control station while fellow aerospace engineer Duy Nguyen, foreground, monitors the inside of the test chamber. ...

May 3, 2018

FRCSW Earns SECNAV Platinum Level Energy Award

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) has earned the Secretary of the Navy?s (SECNAV) Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Energy Conservation and Water Managemen......

April 19, 2018

USS Milius Departs San Diego to forward deploy to 7th Fleet

SAN DIEGO - USS Milius (DDG 69), a ballistic missile defense (BMD) capable guided missile destroyer, will leave her homeport of San Diego, April 20, to join the Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Japan.Milius will be forward deployed to Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan and is scheduled to arrive at the end of May.Arleigh Burke-class

April 17, 2018

FRCSW Wheel Shop Keeps Squadrons Rolling

Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Apprentice Cortland Jiron disassembles a tire from its rim in the FRCSW wheel shop in Building 479....

April 3, 2018

FRCs Slated for Production Quality Makeover

From his office in Building 378 aboard Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, quality manager Adam Kimmerly is assembling Integrated Quality Teams (IQT) at the command as part of the FRC-wide Quality Management System to improve production and delivery of...

March 14, 2018

FRCSW Expands Artisan Training Program

Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers Rear Adm. Michael W. Zarkowski and Dan Demilio, deputy IPT lead 6.2.3, cut the ribbon during the opening ceremony of the depot paint course Jan. 10 in Building 466 aboard FRCSW. The course uses a virtual reality pro...

March 2, 2018

FRCSW Names FY 2017 Civilian of the Year

FRCSW Commanding Officer Capt. Craig Owen presents Financial Management Analyst Aaron Vivar with the command's 2017 Civilian of the Year and Civilian of the Quarter Award (3nd quarter) Feb. 23 in Building 94. Photo by Scott Janes...

Feb. 23, 2018

FRCSW Test Line: Ensuring Quality Aircraft to the Fleet

Electrician Dana Joygrimley makes adjustments to a legacy F/A-18 flight control computer at the FRCSW Test Line. Photo by Jim Markle...

Feb. 14, 2018

FRCSW Welcomes Honor Flight Vets

FRCSW teammates are joined by veterans from World War II, Korea and Vietnam Feb. 13 outside of Building 94. The veterans toured FRCSW facilities thanks to the Honor Flight Network, a non-profit organization founded in 2005 which provides transportati...