Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific

Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific
Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific
Branch	US Navy
Commanders
Commanding Officer	Lieutenant Colonel Kevin M. Ryan
Executive Officer	Commander Joseph M. Holt
Senior Enlisted Advisor	CMDCS Paul James

Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific (FRC WESTPAC) is an aircraft maintenance unit of the United States Navy. It is located at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan. It is a subsidiary of the Navy's Commander, Fleet Readiness Center (COMFRC).

History

Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific (FRCWP) originated in the mid-1950s and was known as the Fleet Air Western Pacific Rework Activity (FAWPRA). On 1 October 1980 FAWPRA was renamed to Naval Air Pacific Repair Activity (NAPRA). And, on 1 October 2009, NAPRA was renamed to Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific.[1]

Mission

To provide ready-for-tasking aircraft and aviation support equipment to U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Pacific Fleet forces, permanently sited in or deployed to Pacific Command (PACOM) and Central Command (CENTCOM) areas of responsibility by providing cost-effective organic and commercial depot-level rework, modification and repair of Naval Aviation weapon systems, support equipment and aeronautical components.[2]

Personnel

FRC WESTPAC’s approximately 200 personnel located at NAF Atsugi, MCAS Iwakuni, Korea, Okinawa, and Bahrain continue to provide essential aviation depot services to fleet units ashore and afloat from the Northern Pacific westward to the Eastern United States.[1]

Past commanders

Commander Richard J. Dorn (7 January 2003 – 8 July 2004)
Commander Louis M. Borno, III (8 July 2004 – 6 October 2007)
Commander Mark E. Mlikan (6 October 2005 – 26 March 2007)
Commander Scott F. Adley (26 March 2007 – 5 December 2008)
Commander Donald B. Simmons, III (5 December 2008 – 22 July 2010)
Commander Charles M. Stuart (22 July 2010 – December 2011)
Commander Wesley Sanders (December 2011 – July 2012)
Commander Mark E. Nieto (July 2012 – 9 December 2014)
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Atkinson (9 December 2014 – 30 June 2016)
Captain Matthew Edwards (30 June 2016 – December 2017)
Commander Steve Carmichael (December 2017 - 23 July 2019)
Commander Randy J. Berti (23 July 2019 - 25 February 2021)
Lieutenant Colonel Kevin M. Ryan (25 February 2021 - Present)

References

"Naval Air Pacific Repair Activity Renamed Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific". Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific Public Affairs. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific | NAVAIR – U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command – Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation". US Navy. Retrieved 15 November 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Navair website

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[2008_article-1] "Naval Air Pacific Repair Activity Renamed Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific". Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific Public Affairs. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] "Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific | NAVAIR – U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command – Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation". US Navy. Retrieved 15 November 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.