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.
House, Senate Unveil Competing Proposals for 2026 Budget
July 11, 2025
Lawmakers from the House and Senate laid out competing versions of the annual defense policy bill on July 11, with vastly different potential outcomes for some of the Air Force’s most embattled programs.