Training in progress

Airman 1st Class Alex Andrejkobics, 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle and equipment repair mechanic, learns how to rebuild a forklift engine from Staff Sgt. Alberto C. Gatcho, 48th LRS special purpose vehicle mechanic. Sergeant Gatcho explained that the diesel fuel was not making it to the engine of the forklift. The engine shut down and Sergeant Gatcho and Airman Andrejkobics were rebuilding it. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Donnelly)

Training in progress

Airman 1st Class Alex Andrejkobics, 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle and equipment repair mechanic, listens as Staff Sgt. Alberto C. Gatcho, 48th LRS special purpose vehicle mechanic, explains what needs to be done to fix the forklift engine they were working on. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Donnelly)

Training in progress

Airman 1st Class Alex Andrejkobics, 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle and equipment repair mechanic, works on the engine of a forklift. The engine shut down because the diesel fuel was not making it to the engine and it had to be rebuilt. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Donnelly)

48th LRS repairs vehicles for RAF Lakenheath

Published July 8, 2008
By Airman 1st Class Jessica Donnelly
48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- The 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle and equipment maintenance shop repairs government vehicles for RAF Lakenheath to support the 48th Fighter Wing mission.

Airman 1st Class Alex Andrejkobics, 48th LRS vehicle and equipment repair mechanic, explained they repair all kinds of vehicles in the shop including bulldozers, forklifts, fire trucks, police cars, as well as others.

The vehicle and equipment maintenance shop repairs more than 600 vehicles a year, said Senior Master Sgt Cooper Brantley, 48th LRS maintenance manager.

Sergeant Brantley added, "The importance of the shop is to maintain vehicles on the base so the Airmen are able to continue the wing mission."