Contact: John A. Irwin 503.472.9361 john.irwin@evergreenaviation.com Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. Announces Expiration of Exchange Offer for 12% Senior Second Secured Notes due 2010 McMinnville, OR, March 30, 2004 –Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. today announced that its offer to exchange up to $215,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its unregistered 12% Senior Second Secured Notes due 2010 (the "old notes") issued on May 16, 2003 for like principal amount of its registered 12% Senior Second Secured Notes due 2010, expired on March 29, 2004. At the time of the expiration, subject to confirmation of tenders sent via the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures, all $215,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the old notes had been tendered in the exchange offer. Holders with questions about the exchange offer may contact the exchange agent at: J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association Attention: Exchanges 1111 Polaris Parkway, Suite N1-OH1-0184 Columbus, Ohio 43240 Telephone Number: (800) 346-5153 Facsimile Number: (614) 248-9987 Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 and a prospectus relating to the exchange offer with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and has filed other documents with the SEC which contain important information, all of which the noteholders are urged to read. These and other documents relating to the exchange offer may be obtained for free at the SEC’s web site, www.sec.gov, or from Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. by directing such request in writing to: 3850 Three Mile Lane, McMinnville Oregon 97128, Attention: Legal Department. This communication is neither an offer to exchange nor a solicitation of an offer to exchange any securities. Based in McMinnville, Oregon, Evergreen is a leading integrated provider of worldwide airfreight transportation, aircraft ground handling and logistics, helicopter, small aircraft, aircraft maintenance and repair services. Evergreen’s subsidiary companies provide diversified aviation services that include: worldwide air freight transportation, cargo and mail handling, airport passenger services, specialized helicopter services such as aerial spraying and petroleum support, aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, storage, and buying, selling, leasing and trading aircraft, aircraft parts and engines. Evergreen provides services to a broad base of long-standing customers, including the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command, the U.S. Postal Service, freight forwarders, domestic and foreign airlines, industrial manufacturers and other government agencies. * * * Certain information included herein and in other company reports, SEC filings, statements and presentations is forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements about Evergreen's anticipated operating results and financial resources. There are important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results discussed or implied in forward-looking statements, certain of which are beyond our control. These factors, risks and uncertainties include the following: our reliance on a few customers, particularly the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command and the U.S. Postal Service, with whom we currently have contracts to provide services that generate a large portion of our revenue, our future compliance with the terms of our debt agreements and other material contracts, weakness in our internal controls, general conditions in the aviation industry, including competition and demand for air cargo services, our ability to adequately maintain our fleet, the effect of government laws and regulations, particularly those relating to aviation and transportation, the effect of national, international and regional political and economic conditions, and fluctuations in currency rates, risks related to our operations in dangerous locations and the hazardous cargo we carry, risks related to war, terrorist attacks, expropriation of our property and hostilities directed at U.S. companies abroad, our dependence on certain key personnel, our ability to maintain adequate insurance coverage at favorable prices, and fluctuations in the cost of fuel. If one or more of the assumptions underlying our forward-looking statements proves incorrect, then Evergreen's actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this report. Therefore, we caution you not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation, and make no promise, to update risk factors or forward-looking statements or to publicly announce the results of any revision to forward-looking statements, whether as a result of changes in underlying factors, to reflect new information, as a result of the occurrence of events or developments or otherwise. This statement is provided as permitted by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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