Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, Brian covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times. Over a decade as a defense journalist, he has reported from dozens of bases at home and abroad, including austere airstrips in Afghanistan, the cockpit of a B-52 over the South Pacific and the boom operator station of a KC-46. Before the military beat, Brian covered the Washington state legislature for the Associated Press.
President-elect Donald Trump’s push to select relative outsiders for top Pentagon positions continues with his selection of Daniel Driscoll to lead the Army as its top civilian.
The service on Dec. 2 released images of an F-16 from the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, Florida, releasing the weapon over the Gulf of Mexico.
