Dover AFB

Senior Airman Paul Stofanak, vehicle operator and dispatcher with the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron, rolls an aircraft tire through the 436th LRS Aircraft Parts Store May 30, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The 436th LRS Aircraft Parts Store inventories 32,000 aircraft parts valued at more than $9 million in support of 31 assigned aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Dover AFB

Airman 1st Class Duawana Robinson, storage and issue apprentice with the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron, identifies the shelf on which an aircraft part is stored May 30, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The 436th LRS won the 2011 Daedalian Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter Logistics Effectiveness Award for superior performance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Dover AFB

Airman 1st Class Tai Cartwright, storage and issue apprentice with the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron, pulls inventory from the shelves of the 436th LRS Aircraft Parts Store May 30, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The 436th LRS Aircraft Parts Store inventories 32,000 aircraft parts valued at more than $9 million in support of 31 assigned aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Dover AFB

Airman 1st Class Jeffson Dorvil, storage and issue apprentice with the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron, staples inventory bags May 30, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The 436th LRS Aircraft Parts Store inventories 32,000 aircraft parts valued at more than $9 million in support of 31 assigned aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

You can't fly without supply

Published June 5, 2012
By Airman 1st Class Samuel Taylor
436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- The men and women of Dover Air Force Base, Del., do some amazing things; from keeping the Department of Defense's largest aerial port running smooth, to transporting approximately 70 percent of the channel cargo to locations overseas, they have a track record of putting their tools to good use. And behind most successful missions that originate from Dover AFB, or repairs that keeps aircraft flying high, there is the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron and their aircraft parts store.

The 436th LRS Aircraft Parts Store inventories 32,000 aircraft parts valued at more than $9 million in support of 31 assigned aircraft. It is a significant responsibility, and one necessary to the success of the Dover AFB's avowed mission - to deliver. For it is as the saying goes within the 436th LRS: "you can't fly without supply."