Brian Everstine

Pentagon Editor

WASHINGTON, DC

Summary

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.

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Articles

By Brian Everstine
After years of scattered attempts to keep pilots in service failed to change the trend, the Air Force is renewing outreach to its aircrews.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has begun modifications to its P-8 sub-hunting fleet with delivery of the first aircraft to Boeing for the Increment 3 Block 2 update.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The team of MAG Aerospace and L3Harris say their first prototype under a new U.S. Army effort for high-altitude ISR has taken its first flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion