March 9, 2021

FRCSW VRT Repairs NALF Optical Landing Systems

About 15 years ago a group of artisans assigned to Fleet Readiness Center Southwest?s (FRCSW) Voyage Repair Team (VRT) boarded the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) to complete overhaul training to the Improved Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System (IF...

March 2, 2021

FRCSW Prepares Legacy Hornet for CNAF Display

An F/A-18 Hornet fighter once part of the Navy's Blue Angels demonstration flight squadron is heading to a new permanent home by early April....

Feb. 23, 2021

FRCSW, NSS to Review E-2D Hawkeye PMI Procedures

Developed in the mid-1960s, the E-2 Hawkeye remains the Navy's premier defensive aircraft. It serves as an airborne early warning system (AEWS) to our nation's aircraft carrier battle groups and the assets they carry, guarding against airborne threat...

Feb. 9, 2021

Super Hornet AMAD Maintained at FRCSW

Located on each engine of the F/A-18 Super Hornet is the aircraft's Airframe Mounted Accessory Drive (AMAD), a device that acts as the brain of the electrical and hydraulic systems....

Jan. 26, 2021

FRCSW VRT Maintains Carrier Flight Decks

When the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) arrived to its new homeport at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), the Voyage Repair Team (VRT) of Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) began planning its workload to maintain the aircraft carrie...

Jan. 19, 2021

FRCSW Celebrates 35th Annual MLK Commemoration

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) and Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) personnel joined to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., January 14....

Jan. 5, 2021

FRCSW Selects its 2020 Mentor of the Year

"Mentoring happens to be one of my passions here at Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW). I've probably been mentoring professionals for about 20 years or so," said Ron Pangilinan....

Dec. 21, 2020

FRCSW Manufactures Its First MV-22 Osprey Bulkhead

In a first for its manufacturing and components programs, Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) is creating a bulkhead for use in a multi-mission MV-22 Osprey -- and will complete it in less than two weeks....

Dec. 7, 2020

FRCSW Names AS1 Jason Chavez 2020 Shore Sailor of the Year

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) selected Air Support Equipment Technician 1st Class Jason Chavez as its 2020 Senior Shore Sailor of the Year (SOY)....

Nov. 24, 2020

FRCSW Test Line Ensures Quality Aircraft to the Fleet

Other than assets trucked to Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), the Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) Test Line Support Facility is the first and last stop made by an aircraft to the command....