Two Air Force units win DOD maintenance awards Published Oct. 28, 2004 HOUSTON (AFPN) -- Two Air Force units were awarded Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards in recognition of outstanding achievements in field-level military equipment and weapon system maintenance during an awards banquet here Oct. 27.The 509th Munitions Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., won the recognition in the small unit category; the 27th Maintenance Group at Cannon AFB, N.M., earned honors in the large unit category. The two were among six military units recognized at the banquet.The awards banquet was held in conjunction with the 2004 Department of Defense Maintenance Symposium and Exhibition here. (Courtesy of Air Combat Command News Service)