Fleet Readiness Center Southwest
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. History. FRCSW 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. Personnel, mission. In 2017, FRCSW employed 4,650 people, 877 of whom were military. 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. 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.