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.
A long-range U.S. special operations raid in northwestern Syria resulted in the death of the leader of the Islamic State group and the destruction of a specialized Sikorsky MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after a significant mechanical issue rendered it unsafe to complete the mission, officials announced Feb. 3.
The Pentagon is planning a new National Defense Science and Technology strategy, informed by the department’s upcoming National Defense Strategy, to guide how it will more quickly and effectively develop new systems for the military.
The Pentagon on Feb. 2 confirmed the U.S. and NATO are offering Russia access to missile defense sites in Europe, along with more transparency about exercises and bomber flights to the region, in an effort to de-escalate tensions with Ukraine.
