The mission of the 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron is to provide safe and reliable aircraft through timely maintenance support to Team Dover in fulfilling its global peacetime and combat taskings. The squadron carries out its mission through the services of one aircraft maintenance unit and a sortie support flight. The squadron fulfills a mobility commitment by deploying personnel worldwide in support of Air Mobility Command's offshore en route system.

The aircraft maintenance unit is responsible for the inspection, repair, launch, and recovery of 13 assigned C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The sortie support flight manages the squadron’s vehicles and provides the squadron with the tools and special equipment necessary to ensure all aircraft are mission ready.