Vehicle maintenance: Unsung heroes

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Marcell Compass, 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron vehicle equipment maintenance journeyman, inspects a brake pad at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 22, 2022. Compass and over 200 other Airmen are some of the unsung heroes who are part of the 86th VRS and a foundation of the base’s mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)
Vehicles scheduled for maintenance sit in a maintenance yard at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 22, 2022. The 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron is responsible for over 70 vehicle fleet locations around the Kaiserslautern Military Community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)
Vehicles sit in a garage at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 22, 2022. The 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron has the second largest vehicle fleet in the U.S. Air Force and the largest in the United States Air Forces in Europe with approximately 1,700 vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)
Malian Vittor, 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron Local National contractor, selects a socket for use on a vehicle at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 22, 2022. The 86th VRS ensures all of the vehicles it is responsible for are mission ready. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matthew Shockley, 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron mission generation maintenance equipment journeyman, works on vehicle brakes at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 22, 2022. Shockley and others are responsible for ensuring Ramstein’s and geographically separated units’ vehicles are ready and safe for uninterrupted missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Colton Quinn, 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron vehicle equipment maintenance apprentice, scrubs a brake pad at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 22, 2022. Colton is new to Ramstein and is learning ways to properly maintain over 1,700 vehicles the 86th VRS is responsible for. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)