Former Air Force Pilot Arrested for Training Chinese

[HeyEng]

Looks like this is just breaking. It amazes me that people think they can just do this and not get caught. Says he was a A-10 dude at one time, so wonder if @MikeD knows him?

Former U.S. Air Force Pilot Arrested for Providing Defense Services to the Chinese Military

Former U.S. Air Force officer and pilot Gerald Eddie Brown, Jr., also known by the call sign “Runner,” 65, a U.S. citizen, was arrested today in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Brown was charged by criminal complaint for providing and conspiring to provide defense services to Chinese military pilots...

www.justice.gov

Brown served for over 24 years in the U.S. Air Force, leaving active duty in 1996 with the rank of Major. During his lengthy military career, Brown commanded sensitive units with responsibility for nuclear weapons delivery systems, led combat missions, and served as a fighter pilot instructor and simulator instructor on a variety of fighter and attack aircraft, including the F-4 “Phantom II,” F-15 “Eagle,” F-16 “Fighting Falcon,” and the A-10 “Thunderbolt II” (Warthog). Brown then served as a commercial cargo pilot and, most recently, as a contract simulator instructor for two different U.S. defense contractors training U.S. military pilots on flying the A-10 and the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.

 

[ahw01]

It’s often not their idea… an offer they can’t refuse etc

Ex-UK pilots lured to help Chinese military, MoD says

Up to 30 former UK military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of China's Army.

www.bbc.com

 

[Pilot Fighter]

I’m curious about this one. Did he get State Department clearance to do A and he proceeded to do B?

I’ve seen a couple guys hired for primary instruction in GA aircraft without State Department clearance and they ended up instructing in P-7’s. Not sure if they received clearance or if it ever caught up to them.

 

[DE727UPS]

There is a retired UPS pilot named Gerry Brown who I'm friends with. This isn't the same guy.