Former US F-35 fighter pilot arrested for allegedly training Chinese military personnel

Former US Air Force F-35 instructor pilot Gerald Eddie Brown Jr. was arrested for allegedly providing unauthorized defense services to Chinese military pilots. Charged with violating export control laws, Brown is accused of training pilots for the People's Liberation Army Air Force. This arrest highlights ongoing efforts to prevent adversaries from exploiting US military expertise.

By TOI World Desk

US arrests ex-Air Force pilot for training Chinese military

The US Justice Department announced the arrest on Wednesday of a former Air Force fighter pilot who allegedly trained Chinese military personnel without authorisation. Gerald Brown, 65, was arrested in Indiana after having recently returned to the United States from China, where he had been since December 2023, a Justice Department statement said. He is accused of having “conspired with foreign nationals to provide combat aircraft training to pilots in the Chinese Air Force” without a require...

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Festnahme in Indiana: Ehemaliger US-Kampfpilot soll chinesische Piloten trainiert haben

Ein früherer Elite-Kampfpilot des US-Militärs soll Angehörige der chinesischen Streitkräfte geschult haben. Dafür wäre eine Genehmigung der US-Regierung nötig.

U.S. arrests ex-Air Force pilot for training Chinese military

Gerald Brown, 65, was arrested in Indiana after having recently returned to the United States from China.

US arrests ex-air force pilot for training Chinese military

A former US Air Force fighter pilot was arrested in Indiana for conspiring to provide unauthorized combat aircraft training to Chinese military pilots. Read More: https://punchng.com/us-arrests-ex-air-force-pilot-for-training-chinese-military/

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