# @thevigilantheroes on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVSh2xBlgEK
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-28T05:16:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Vigilant Heroes (@thevigilantheroes) — https://gondola.cc/thevigilantheroes

## Caption

Well, the Pentagon did warn pilots....in a follow-up to the story we brought you a few months ago (when the Pentagon ‘reminded’ pilots that training foreign pilots—especially adversarial countries—violates a bunch of U.S. laws)...on Wednesday, a retired U.S. Air Force major and former fighter instructor was arrested on federal charges tied to training China’s military aviators. According to the Dept of Justice, Gerald Eddie Brown Jr., (call sign “Runner”) was taken into custody in Indiana and accused of violating the Arms Export Control Act by providing “unauthorized defense services” to pilots from the People’s Liberation Army Air Force.
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Prosecutors allege Brown—who trained U.S. aircrews on the F-35 Lightning II & A-10—began arranging contracts in 2023 through intermediaries, traveled to China, and delivered combat flight instruction without the required State Department license under ITAR rules. Officials say he remained overseas until returning to the U.S. earlier this month.  Brown, who served more than two decades and later worked as a simulator instructor for defense contractors, now faces a criminal complaint...and of course, is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. 
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation says China is increasingly targeting current and former U.S. service members to harvest tactics, techniques and procedures on U.S. tech...sharing these ‘hard-won’ skills with a strategic rival risks eroding America’s fighting edge and directly endangers U.S. pilots....We’ll keep you updated: thevigilantheroes
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#China #tech #Military #Aviation #futurewar

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tech, military, china, futurewar, aviation

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