USAF officer, former F-35 Lightning II pilot arrested for training Chinese military pilots to fight the US
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U.S. Air Force officer Gerald Eddie Brown, Jr., a former F-35 Lightning II instructor pilot known by the call sign “Runner,” was arrested in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

The 65-year-old faced criminal charges for providing and conspiring to provide unauthorized defense services to Chinese military pilots in violation of the Arms Export Control Act. Brown, who served more than 24 years and retired as a Major in 1996, commanded nuclear weapons delivery units, led combat missions, and instructed on F-4 Phantom II, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt II, and the F-35 Lightning II.

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