For Immediate Release May 2, 2006 Media Contact: Paul D. Worthington Director of Marketing Evergreen Air Center, Inc. Tel: 520-682-4181 x5041 Fax: 520-616-5065 pworth@evergreenac.com Evergreen Air Center Appoints New President MARANA, ARIZONA, USA—The Evergreen Air Center (EAC) is pleased to announce the promotion of T. J. "Jim" Toomey to the position of President of the EAC. Toomey replaced Bob McAndrew who was appointed President of a new Evergreen company, Evergreen Supertanker Services. Toomey brings a unique personal style of management to the growing EAC. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Colorado and a Masters degree in Administration from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. With over twenty years of aviation experience including Vice President of Marketing with the EAC, Vice President of C & D Aerospace, and National Aerospace Sales Manager for Saint Gobain Performance Plastics, Toomey is ideal to lead EAC’s team of over six hundred dedicated professionals. About Evergreen Air Center: Located thirty miles north of Tucson, Arizona, the Evergreen Air Center (EAC) is the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility for Evergreen International Aviation, headquartered in McMinnville, Oregon. The EAC is the largest heavy aircraft maintenance and storage facility in the world. About Evergreen International Aviation: Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. is a portfolio of five diverse aviation companies headquartered in McMinnville, Oregon. With international operating authority and a network of global offices and affiliates, Evergreen consists of an international cargo airline that owns and operates a fleet of Boeing 747’s, an unlimited aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility, a full-service helicopter company, and aircraft ground handling company, and an aircraft sales and leasing company. In addition to these endeavors, Evergreen owns and operates Evergreen Agricultural Enterprises and is headquartered next to the not-for-profit Evergreen Aviation Museum, home of the Spruce Goose. For more information about Evergreen, please call (800) 472-9361 or visit www.evergreenaviation.com

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