Debrief: How A Disgraced Former U.S. Air Force Pilot Started Working For China

Gerald Brown poses in front of an A-10 during his U.S. Air Force career, which ended in 1997.

Gerald Brown poses in front of an A-10 during his U.S. Air Force career, which ended in 1997.

Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gerald Brown, who was described in a U.S. Justice Department press release as a “former F-35 Lightning II instructor pilot,” was arrested in Indiana on Feb. 25 on charges that he violated the Arms Export Control Act by working as a contract instructor for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force. The...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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