Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific
Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific 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 originated in the mid-1950s and was known as the Fleet Air Western Pacific Rework Activity. On 1 October 1980 FAWPRA was renamed to Naval Air Pacific Repair Activity. And, on 1 October 2008, NAPRA was renamed to Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific.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 and Central Command 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.Personnel
FRC WESTPAC’s approximately 200 personnel located at NAF Atsugi, MCAS Iwakuni, Busan Korea, and MCAS Futenma Okinawa continue to provide essential aviation depot services to fleet units ashore and afloat from the Northern Pacific westward to the Eastern United States.Past commanders
NAPRA- Commander William M. Yerkes
- Commander John R. Bramer
- Commander Gary S. O'Neill
- Commander Mark J. Swaney
- Commander James A. Jones, Jr.
- Commander Karl E. Yeakel
- Commander John W. Scanlan II
- Commander Dorothy J. Freer
- Commander Michael G. Berkin
- Commander Richard J. Dorn
- Commander Louis M. Borno, III
- Commander Mark E. Mlikan
- Commander Scott F. Adley
- Commander Donald B. Simmons, III
- Commander Charles M. Stuart
- Commander Wesley Sanders
- Commander Mark E. Nieto
- Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Atkinson
- Captain Matthew Edwards
- Commander Steve Carmichael
- Commander Randy J. Berti
- Lieutenant Colonel Kevin M. Ryan
- Commander Joseph M. Holt
- Commander Wilfred H. Judd III