FRCE’s H-53 line ends fiscal year with strong push
Aircraft turn-up qualified estimator and evaluator Aaron Bennett, left, and airframes helper Trevor Stokes, right, conduct a ground turn on one of the final two Planned Maintenance Interval events the Fleet Readiness Center East H-53 line completed in fiscal year 2021. A ground turn is an essential operational test of all of an aircraft’s systems and components. The H-53 line finished the fiscal year with a hard push to the finish line to complete and return to the fleet two H-53 heavy-lift helicopters – each having seen various stages of work stoppage during their repair at the depot – and help FRCE’s Rotary Wing Division meet its goal of producing 43 completed PMI events before the end of the fiscal year.