The Air Force has awarded the Bronze Star to four explosive ordnance disposal airmen assigned to Hill AFB, Utah. They are: SSgt. Evan Knight, SSgt. Bradley Kline, SSgt. Steven Overstreet, and SSgt. William White. SrA. Brok McCarthy reports that Knight led a team that cleared 68 EOD incidents in an area covering 500 square miles, considered the busiest IED area in Iraq. On a 120-hour mission to clear various Iraqi roadways, Kline and his team repelled sniper fire, subduing the threat. Overstreet and his team dealt with 30 IEDs and collected more than 3,000 pieces of ordnance. He personally completed 134 combat missions. White’s team handled one-third of the multinational division north’s workload, and White aided a team member knocked unconscious by an IED.
Members of the Air Force Reserve’s 920th Rescue Wing helped save 11 airplane crash survivors off the coast of Florida on May 12. The Reserve Airmen were flying an HC-130J Combat King II and an HH-60W Jolly Green II on a routine training flight when a Coast Guard call diverted…