
Brian Everstine
Pentagon Editor at Aviation Week
Pentagon editor @aviationweek. PNW transplant in D.C. Sadly a Mariners fan. Alumnus of @airforcemag, @militarytimes, @ap, @thenewstribune. Signal: beverstine.21
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6 days ago |
aviationweek.com | Brian Everstine
The large-scale U.S. airstrikes aimed at destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21 involved almost the entire operational fleet of Northrop Grumman B-2 bombers and more than half of the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOPs) ever produced. The day after the strike, Pentagon leaders laid out the operational detail of what was called Operation Midnight Hammer---a mission that began with deception.
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6 days ago |
aviationweek.com | Brian Everstine
A U.S. Air Force B-2 at an exercise in Australia in 2024Several U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bombers struck a key nuclear facility inside Iran using the most powerful conventional weapon in the American arsenal on June 21, marking a significant escalation to the conflict in the region and dealing a potentially decisive blow to Tehran’s nuclear ambitions...
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1 week ago |
aviationweek.com | Brian Everstine
Congress has raised concerns about big program changes across the services, including the Army’s future with its AH-64 Apache. In what has proved to be an unconventional year in Washington, the Trump administration is continuing that trend with an unconventional approach to outlining its spending plans for the Pentagon. Traditionally, an administration submits its budget proposal to Congress in early February. But the Trump...
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1 week ago |
aviationweek.com | Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman announced June 18 that it will use the Scaled Composites Model 437 Vanguard aircraft as a new testbed to evaluate autonomy as the company looks ahead for potential Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programs and cooperation with software companies. The Model 437 Vanguard is...
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1 week ago |
aviationweek.com | Brian Everstine
Over countless missions throughout the past two decades, the U.S. military has shown its ability to surge massive amounts of resources to treat small numbers of injured troops—sending highly trained specialists on a flying hospital to save a life. But what would happen in a large-scale war in the...
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