In 2026, Global Security Starts In The Homeland

Steve Trimble Brian Everstine Tony Osborne Robert Wall December 19, 2025
fighter aircraft and aircraft carriers on the ocean

The U.S. demonstrated its new aggressive Western Hemisphere posture with deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group in the Caribbean Sea in mid-November.

Credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Tajh Payne/U.S. Southern Command
A comparison of global headlines between December 2024 and 2025 speaks to a changed world. A year ago, reports focused on rising tensions in the South China Sea, sparked by clashes between the Chinese Coast Guard and Filipino fishing boats. Twelve months later, U.S. air strikes on alleged drug...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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