The Air Force’s 31st Munitions Squadron at Camp Darby, Italy, and the 6th/927th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at MacDill AFB, Fla., were among the winners of Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards for 2009 announced last week. Each unit won a field-level award in the small-unit category. These annual awards honor outstanding achievements in military equipment and weapon systems maintenance across the Defense Department. The MacDill squadron is a Reserve associate unit comprising active duty airmen from the 6th Air Refueling Wing and Air Force Reserve Command’s 927th ARW. The winners will receive their awards on Oct. 28 at a banquet in Phoenix. (DOD release)
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