Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) is an American naval aviation repair and maintenance facility based at the NAS North Island complex in San Diego, California.
In 2017, FRCSW employed 4,650 people, 877 of whom were military.[2] Its mission statement is, "We generate readiness through timely and responsive production of engines, aircraft, and components for the warfighter."
Products
FRCSW is the only Navy facility performing overhaul on General Electric LM2500 Marine Gas Turbine engines, which power a large number of the Navy's surface fleet including Spruance-Class, Aegis-Class, and Burke-Class surface warfare ships. It repairs and maintains the steam-powered catapults, arresting gear systems and landing guidance systems onboard Navy aircraft carriers.[3] It has three 3-D printers capable of producing a variety of aircraft components, such as aircraft tailhooks, and covers to covers cracks found on F-18s.[4]
Past commanders
Captain Steve Leehe (May 2020- Current)
Captain Anthony Jaramillo (March 2018 – May 2020)
Captain Craig Owen (August 2016 - March 2018)
Captain Timothy H. Pfannenstein (August 2014 - August 2016)
Captain Donald B. Simmons, III (April 2013 - August 2014)
Captain John C. Smajdek (August 2011 - April 2013)
Captain N. F. Melnick (August 2009 - August 2011)
Captain Michael A. Kelly (January 2008 - August 2009)
Captain F. E. Cleveland (March 2006 - January 2008)
Captain W. T. Trainer (November 2004 - March 2006)
Captain James G. Woolway (April 2003 - November 2004)
Captain Peter J. Laszcz (November 2001 - April 2003)
Captain Emory L. Chenoweth (May 2000 - November 2001)
fleet, readiness, center, southwest, frcsw, american, naval, aviation, repair, maintenance, facility, based, north, island, complex, diego, california, active1919, presentbranchus, navycommanderscommanding, officercapt, steve, leeheexecutive, officercapt, marc. Fleet Readiness Center Southwest FRCSW is an American naval aviation repair and maintenance facility based at the NAS North Island complex in San Diego California Fleet Readiness Center SouthwestActive1919 PresentBranchUS NavyCommandersCommanding OfficerCAPT Steve LeeheExecutive OfficerCAPT Marc FarnsworthCommand Master ChiefCMDCM SW AW Eric Stowe Contents 1 History 2 Personnel mission 3 Products 4 Past commanders 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditFRCSW was established in 1919 on NAS North Island CA It was the U S Department of Defense s at the time the U S Department of War first aviation maintenance and repair facility making it the birthplace of U S naval aviation maintenance One of six main Fleet Readiness Centers in the US Navy it provides support to Navy and Marine Corps tactical logistical and rotary wing aircraft and their components It maintains field sites at Point Mugu Camp Pendleton and MCAS Miramar MCAS Yuma MCAS Kaneohe Bay NAS Whidbey Island and in Okinawa and Iwakuni Japan 1 Personnel mission EditIn 2017 FRCSW employed 4 650 people 877 of whom were military 2 Its mission statement is We generate readiness through timely and responsive production of engines aircraft and components for the warfighter Products EditFRCSW is the only Navy facility performing overhaul on General Electric LM2500 Marine Gas Turbine engines which power a large number of the Navy s surface fleet including Spruance Class Aegis Class and Burke Class surface warfare ships It repairs and maintains the steam powered catapults arresting gear systems and landing guidance systems onboard Navy aircraft carriers 3 It has three 3 D printers capable of producing a variety of aircraft components such as aircraft tailhooks and covers to covers cracks found on F 18s 4 Past commanders EditCaptain Steve Leehe May 2020 Current Captain Anthony Jaramillo March 2018 May 2020 Captain Craig Owen August 2016 March 2018 Captain Timothy H Pfannenstein August 2014 August 2016 Captain Donald B Simmons III April 2013 August 2014 Captain John C Smajdek August 2011 April 2013 Captain N F Melnick August 2009 August 2011 Captain Michael A Kelly January 2008 August 2009 Captain F E Cleveland March 2006 January 2008 Captain W T Trainer November 2004 March 2006 Captain James G Woolway April 2003 November 2004 Captain Peter J Laszcz November 2001 April 2003 Captain Emory L Chenoweth May 2000 November 2001 Captain Coleen A Watry October 1998 May 2000 See also EditFleet Readiness Center East Fleet Readiness Center Mid Atlantic Fleet Readiness Center Northwest Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Fleet Readiness Center West Fleet Readiness Center Western PacificReferences Edit Fleet Readiness Center Southwest HTML Fleet Readiness Center Southwest Retrieved 10 May 2020 2017 INDA Navy Gold Coast PDF Fleet Readiness Center Southwest Retrieved 9 September 2018 U S Navy Fleet Readiness Center Southwest PDF US Navy Fleet Readiness Center Southwest Retrieved 9 September 2018 Myers Meghann 21 March 2015 3 D printers save time money in major aircraft repairs Navy Times Retrieved 9 September 2018 External links EditFRCSW official website32 41 52 N 117 12 16 W 32 6978 N 117 2044 W 32 6978 117 2044 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fleet Readiness Center Southwest amp oldid 1101564588, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
