Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) Commanding Officer Capt. Randy Berti cuts ribbon during an informal ribbon cutting ceremony Jan. 14 to celebrate the completion of its F-35 Lightning II expansion project. The expansion project, which offers the facility’s F-35 Modification Line more space and aircraft bays, is scheduled to support an additional 337,000 hours of work through fiscal year 2028. Berti was accompanied by George Wilson, F-35C assistant program manager for logistics at the F-35 Joint Program Office; Jeanie Holder, modifications and induction lead at the F-35 Joint Program Office; Ericka Bishop, Contracting Branch head for the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Facilities Engineering and Acquisitions Division; and Buddy Davis, FRCE Facilities and Infrastructure Management Department head.