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Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Completes First...

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Sep. 07, 2025
On August 29, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) completed its first depot-level repair of an F135 power...
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250711-N-DG679-1014 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 11, 2025) The graduating class of the 2025 Fleet Readiness Center Southeast’s (FRCSE) Trades Apprenticeship Program. During the ceremony hosted at University of North Florida, FRCSE graduated 26 apprentices from the program. FRCSE’s apprenticeship program is a paid, four-year work study that provides benefits and the opportunity to learn a journeyman-level trade. (U.S. Navy Photo by Toiete Jackson)

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast graduates 26 fr...

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Jul. 11, 2025
Twenty-six apprentices from Fleet Readiness Center Southeast’s (FRCSE) Trades Apprenticeship Program received...
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250701-N-DG679-1010 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 1, 2025) Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) inducted its first two T-45 Goshawks into the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) production line, just 13 months after the Navy identified the requirement. The Goshawk is the primary tandem-seat jet trainer used by the Navy and Marine Corps for pilot carrier qualification. (U.S. Navy Photo by Toiete Jackson)

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast inducts T-45 Go...

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Jul. 01, 2025
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) has inducted its first two T-45 Goshawk aircraft into the Service...
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250327-N-DG679-1058 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (March 27, 2025) Kristopher Williams (left) and Jeffrey Zumwalde, sheet metal mechanics at Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, perform service life extension program upgrades on a T-45 Goshawk wing. The T-45 jet aircraft is used for intermediate and advanced portions of the Navy/Marine Corps pilot training program. (U.S. Navy photo by Toiete Jackson)

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast establishes new...

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May. 13, 2025
In November 2024, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) stood up repair capability for a T-45 Goshawk...
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Sept. 7, 2025

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Completes First F135 Power Module and Achieves Initial Depot Capability

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On August 29, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) completed its first depot-level repair of an F135 power module, establishing the command’s Initial Depot Capability (IDC). The power module is one of five major components powering the F-35 Lightning II engine.

250711-N-DG679-1014 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 11, 2025) The graduating class of the 2025 Fleet Readiness Center Southeast’s (FRCSE) Trades Apprenticeship Program. During the ceremony hosted at University of North Florida, FRCSE graduated 26 apprentices from the program. FRCSE’s apprenticeship program is a paid, four-year work study that provides benefits and the opportunity to learn a journeyman-level trade. (U.S. Navy Photo by Toiete Jackson)

July 11, 2025

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast graduates 26 from apprenticeship program

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – — Twenty-six apprentices from Fleet Readiness Center Southeast’s (FRCSE) Trades Apprenticeship Program received their journeyman-level certificates on Friday, July 11 during a graduation ceremony.

250701-N-DG679-1010 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 1, 2025) Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) inducted its first two T-45 Goshawks into the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) production line, just 13 months after the Navy identified the requirement. The Goshawk is the primary tandem-seat jet trainer used by the Navy and Marine Corps for pilot carrier qualification. (U.S. Navy Photo by Toiete Jackson)

July 1, 2025

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast inducts T-45 Goshawks to service life extension production line

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) has inducted its first two T-45 Goshawk aircraft into the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) production line, 13 months after the Navy identified the requirement.

250327-N-DG679-1058 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (March 27, 2025) Kristopher Williams (left) and Jeffrey Zumwalde, sheet metal mechanics at Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, perform service life extension program upgrades on a T-45 Goshawk wing. The T-45 jet aircraft is used for intermediate and advanced portions of the Navy/Marine Corps pilot training program. (U.S. Navy photo by Toiete Jackson)

May 13, 2025

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast establishes new T-45 repair capability

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – — In November 2024, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) stood up repair capability for a T-45 Goshawk service life extension program (SLEP) production line supporting the Naval Undergraduate Flight Training Systems Program Office (PMA-273).

250411-N-DG679-1229 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 11, 2025) Capt. Michael Windom, incoming commanding officer of Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE), addresses guests during a change of command ceremony. During the ceremony Windom relieved Capt. Al Palmer as FRCSE commanding officer. A Navy change of command ceremony is a formal event that signifies the transfer of authority and responsibility from one commanding officer to another. (U.S. Navy photo by Toiete Jackson)

April 11, 2025

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast conducts change of command

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – — Capt. Michael Windom relieved Capt. William Palmer as the 46th commanding officer of Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) during a change of command ceremony in Naval Air Station Jacksonville’s ceremonial hangar on April 11.

250128-N-BK290-1025 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tim Pfannenstein, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast’s (FRCSE) executive director, presents AnnMarie Salazar, the Training Department supervisor, with the Dora Quinlan Mentor of the Year award for providing outstanding mentorship to the workforce.

Jan. 28, 2025

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast recognizes mentor award winners

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — At a virtual presentation ceremony, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced its 2024 Mentor of the Year Award winners, recognizing one recipient from each of its 11 sites.

Ian Hawkins, a Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) materials engineering supervisor, was recently accepted into the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Fellow Program coordinated by Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s (NAWCAD) during an award ceremony held at NAVAIR headquarters in Patuxent River, MD. (Courtesy Photo)

Oct. 8, 2024

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast engineer earns NAWCAD Fellow distinction

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Ian Hawkins, a Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) materials engineering supervisor, was recently accepted into the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Fellow Program coordinated by Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s (NAWCAD) during an award ceremony held at NAVAIR headquarters in Patuxent River, MD.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 07, 2024) An F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 at Yuma, Ariz., taxis after landing at Naval Air Station Jacksonville as part of the aircraft’s temporary transfer to Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE). The jet is the first F-35 ever inducted into the depot and is part of a readiness improvement initiative to support corrosion mitigation efforts for the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). (U.S. Navy photo by Toiete Jackson/Released)

Aug. 7, 2024

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast inducts first F-35B aircraft and F135 power module for depot-level work

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) achieved two significant milestones in the same week by inducting its first F-35B Lightning II and F135 power module (PM), one of five major modules of the F-35 propulsion system.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 12, 2024) Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jaedon Richardson, assigned to Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Detachment Jacksonville, attaches a fiber optic segment to the automatic polisher for final polish before inspection and test. Detachment Jacksonville was recently certified to repair fiber optics. (U.S. Navy Photo by Toiete Jackson)

June 11, 2024

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast’s Jacksonville detachment establishes fiber optics repair capability

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) Detachment Jacksonville has completed certification to become the first intermediate-level (I-level) fiber optics Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) maintenance facility in the Navy.

240124-N-DG679-2216 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 24, 2024) Sheet Metal Mechanic Mark Sosbe, assigned to the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) F-5 Aircraft Production Line, uses an E-Drill to remove metal fasteners on an F-5 Tiger II vertical stabilizer as Dr. Luis Carney, FRCSE’s senior materials engineer, observes. FRCSE’s F-5 Production Line is the first to implement the E-Drill within the NAVAIR enterprise. The device will significantly reduce the time it takes to remove the thousands of rivets typically replaced during in-depth depot-level maintenance. (U.S. Navy Photo by Toiete Jackson/Release)

March 18, 2024

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast debuts electrical discharge machining device on its F-5 Aircraft Production Line

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) F-5 Production Line propelled the organization into the next generation of industrial aviation maintenance with the single pull of an electrical discharge machining (EDM) trigger.