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Elite US Air Force Pilot Arrested For Training The Chinese Military
Elite US Air Force Pilot Arrested For Training The Chinese Military
The following has made for quite the headline, as a retired elite US Air Force pilot is in very hot water and faces US intelligence and military questioning: “A former US Air Force fighter pilot with more than two decades of experience with nuclear delivery systems and aircraft, including advanced F-35 stealth jets, has been arrested and charged with conspiring to help the Chinese military,” according to CNN.
65-year old Gerald Eddie Brown Jr. was arrested in Jeffersonville, Indiana, on Wednesday after one or more lengthy recent trips to China where it’s believed he not only briefed officials from China’s defense establishment, but provided training for Chinese PLA military pilots.
US interrogators are said to be most alarmed at Brown’s vast experience with America’s most advanced stealth jet – the Lockheed Martin F-35, as well as nuclear delivery systems and tactics.
“Providing US military training to our adversaries represents a significant threat to national security,” Lee Russ, executive director of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Office of Special Project, said in an official statement after the retired Air Force pilot’s arrest. He’s specifically accused of violating the Arms Export Control Act
Brown retired as a major all the way back in 1996, having served 24 years of active duty Air Force, but he has since been a top US Air Force adviser and trainer of US combat pilots. As Fox reviews:
During his career, he commanded units responsible for nuclear weapons delivery systems, led combat missions and worked as a fighter pilot and simulator instructor on aircraft including the F-4, F-15, F-16 and A-10. After leaving the military, Brown worked as a commercial cargo pilot and later as a contract simulator instructor training U.S. pilots to fly the A-10 and the F-35 Lightning II.
The US Attorney’s statement alleged that while in China “Brown answered questions for three hours about the U.S. Air Force on his first day in the PRC and then, on his second day, prepared and presented a brief about himself for the PLAAF,” the statement said. The rest of the time he trained Chinese pilots.”
FBI New York Assistant Director in Charge James Barnacle followed with: “Brown’s alleged betrayal exposed sensitive military tactics, threatening the security of our nation, our armed forces, and our allies.”
Apparently Brown wasn’t quiet at all about his activities in China, and which also comes at a moment of military tensions around Taiwan and in the South China Sea:
According to the complaint, Brown began negotiating a contract “in or around” August 2023 to train Chinese military pilots, working through a co-conspirator who dealt with Stephen Su Bin, a Chinese national previously convicted in the U.S. of conspiring to hack into the computer networks of major American defense contractors and steal sensitive military data.
Prosecutors say Brown made clear in those discussions that he intended to train Chinese pilots in combat aircraft operations. In a résumé, he listed his objective as “Instructor Fighter Pilot” and later wrote that, upon arriving in China, “Now…. I have the chance to fly and instruct fighter pilots again!”
A former American pilot has in recent years been prosecuted by the DOJ under similar circumstances related to instructing PLA pilots: “Former US Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan was charged in 2017 of violating the Arms Export Control Act, specifically for allegedly helping Chinese pilots learn aircraft carrier operations,” notes CNN.
It’s understandable that the US government gets extremely nervous about active or retired officials with nuclear secrets going abroad to rival nations, but there’s some lingering questions of consistency. For example, what about Blackwater founder Erik Prince, whose Chinese military ties are so well known as to be featured in his permanent Wikipedia page?
Prince co-founded a firm called Frontier Services Group and until April 13, 2021 he was also chairman. Frontier Services Group is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Frontier Services Group is backed by China’s state-owned CITIC Group and Hong Kong-based investor Johnson Chun Shun Ko [zh], with the Chinese government listed as the largest investor. Prince advised and supported Chinese mining and construction firms in Africa.
In May 2017, FSG acquired a 25% stake in a Chinese private security training school called the International Security Defense College, located in Beijing. The college provides training in counterterrorism, high-risk operations, and overseas security for military, law enforcement, and private personnel. FSG has since overseen the school’s program of training “overseas security specialists”.
There’s a good chance that if Brown, on the other hand, was close personal friends with various Trump admin officials, the US government would be looking the other way.
Yet the Intel committee, of which you chair, didn’t ask Erik Prince a single question *when he was under oath* about his security company which is based in China and whose investment arm is his biggest shareholder. https://t.co/TfT9Mot4rD
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) March 26, 2018
Also, the same scenario could have played out with a more ‘friendly’ country and the investigators probably would not have come knocking. But military tech secrets and China remains a hot, sensitive issue at this moment.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 02/26/2026 – 23:00
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/elite-us-air-force-pilot-arrested-training-chinese-military
Ministro de Defensa de Pakistán dice que están en “guerra abierta” con Afganistán tras ataques
ISLAMABAD (AP) — El ministro de Defensa de Pakistán, Khawaja Mohammad Asif, aseguró el viernes que a su país se le agotó la “paciencia” y considera que ahora están en “guerra abierta” con Afganistán, después de que ambos países intercambiaron ataques luego de una incursión transfronteriza afgana.
Asif señaló en la red social X que su país tenía la esperanza de que hubiera paz en Afganistán luego de la retirada de las fuerzas de la OTAN y que anticipaba que el Talibán se enfocara en el bienestar del pueblo afgano y en la estabilidad regional. En su lugar, aseguró, los talibanes habían convertido a Afganistán “en una colonia de India”, reuniendo a militantes de todo el mundo y empezaron a “exportar terrorismo”.
“Se nos agotó la paciencia. Ahora es una guerra abierta entre nosotros”, subrayó Asif.
La más reciente escalada de violencia entre los vecinos hace que un alto el fuego mediado por Qatar luzca cada vez más frágil. El ministro de Defensa de Pakistán no mencionó el alto el fuego.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Ministro de Defensa de Pakistán dice que están en “guerra abierta” con Afganistán tras ataques
ISLAMABAD (AP) — El ministro de Defensa de Pakistán, Khawaja Mohammad Asif, aseguró el viernes que a su país se le agotó la “paciencia” y considera que ahora están en “guerra abierta” con Afganistán, después de que ambos países intercambiaron ataques luego de una incursión transfronteriza afgana.
Asif señaló en la red social X que su país tenía la esperanza de que hubiera paz en Afganistán luego de la retirada de las fuerzas de la OTAN y que anticipaba que el Talibán se enfocara en el bienestar del pueblo afgano y en la estabilidad regional. En su lugar, aseguró, los talibanes habían convertido a Afganistán “en una colonia de India”, reuniendo a militantes de todo el mundo y empezaron a “exportar terrorismo”.
“Se nos agotó la paciencia. Ahora es una guerra abierta entre nosotros”, subrayó Asif.
La más reciente escalada de violencia entre los vecinos hace que un alto el fuego mediado por Qatar luzca cada vez más frágil. El ministro de Defensa de Pakistán no mencionó el alto el fuego.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Ministro de Defensa de Pakistán dice que están en “guerra abierta” con Afganistán tras ataques
ISLAMABAD (AP) — El ministro de Defensa de Pakistán, Khawaja Mohammad Asif, aseguró el viernes que a su país se le agotó la “paciencia” y considera que ahora están en “guerra abierta” con Afganistán, después de que ambos países intercambiaron ataques luego de una incursión transfronteriza afgana.
Asif señaló en la red social X que su país tenía la esperanza de que hubiera paz en Afganistán luego de la retirada de las fuerzas de la OTAN y que anticipaba que el Talibán se enfocara en el bienestar del pueblo afgano y en la estabilidad regional. En su lugar, aseguró, los talibanes habían convertido a Afganistán “en una colonia de India”, reuniendo a militantes de todo el mundo y empezaron a “exportar terrorismo”.
“Se nos agotó la paciencia. Ahora es una guerra abierta entre nosotros”, subrayó Asif.
La más reciente escalada de violencia entre los vecinos hace que un alto el fuego mediado por Qatar luzca cada vez más frágil. El ministro de Defensa de Pakistán no mencionó el alto el fuego.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Carmel’s Ada Lindal steps into spotlight as Liv Johnson sits. Against Libertyville, her sister’s former team.
Carmel freshman forward Ada Lindal doesn’t get the attention afforded heralded classmate Liv Johnson.
The 6-foot-2 Johnson is widely considered one of the best players in the state, and the daughter of former Illinois player Lucas Johnson has 11 college offers. The 5-9 Lindal comes off the bench and doesn’t have any starting experience with the Corsairs.
“It’s a lot of pressure to try to be good, but the whole team supports me,” Lindal said. “I want to be just like Liv. I want to be as physical as her and do it all like she does.”
Lindal got her chance during the Class 4A Rockford Guilford Sectional championship game on Thursday and came through for Carmel. She scored all four of her points and assisted on another basket while Liv Johnson sat on the bench with foul trouble in the third quarter to push the second-seeded Corsairs to a 38-35 win over top-seeded Libertyville, her older sister Elinor’s former team.
Elinor Lindal, a freshman at St. Xavier, was a key player in Libertyville’s run to the sectional championship game last season. A year later, Ada Lindal helped Carmel win it.
“I know all the girls at Libertyville because I did their feeder and everything,” Lindal said. “I still love the girls there. I knew a lot of girls on Carmel and came to visit and loved it.”
Lindal also had six rebounds for Carmel (25-9), which will play Rolling Meadows (21-10) in the Dundee-Crown Supersectional at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Johnson finished with eight points and 12 rebounds, and senior forward Maron Bowes had seven points and 11 rebounds.
Junior point guard Lily Fisher, who missed a potential game-tying 3-point shot at the buzzer, had a game-high 22 points, 13 rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots for the Wildcats (27-6).
Libertyville, which also lost a close game to Carmel in the regular-season finale, led 24-21 when Lindal drove to the basket for a layup with less than four minutes left in the third quarter.
A little more than 30 seconds later, Lindal handed the Corsairs the lead for good with a putback off a missed 3-point shot by junior guard Maliyah Mays.
Lindal then grabbed an offensive rebound and dished the ball to Bowes, who scored to give the Corsairs a 27-24 lead.
“I was surprised I just did that and tried to keep it going and going,” Lindal said of her drive. “I was so happy to help us be up by three points. I just tried to get rebounds. I’ve been trying to do it all season and help the team, and I feel I’m finally starting to build up as the season has gone on.”
Lindal entered the game averaging 3.0 points and 2.0 rebounds.
“This was a big game for Ada,” Carmel coach Ben Berg said. “She didn’t play much the first time we played Libertyville. I have the ultimate trust in her. She’s not afraid of the moment. She’s still learning, but she made some plays for us by getting two baskets off offensive rebounds. She fought hard.”
Johnson, who had six points and five rebounds in the fourth quarter, said Lindal was the catalyst for the Corsairs’ win.
“She definitely changed the game,” Johnson said. “She stepped up when she needed to today.”
Carmel senior guard Josie Hartman said Lindal is becoming a reliable contributor.
“Ada reminds me of me when I was a freshman,” Hartman said. “Her poise and being able to get by and finish at the rim when the pressure is special, and she takes pressure off me handling the ball. She has grown so much throughout the season.”
Bobby Narang is a freelance reporter.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/26/4a-high-school-basketball-libertyville-carmel-ada-lindal/
Carmel’s Ada Lindal steps into spotlight as Liv Johnson sits. Against Libertyville, her sister’s former team.
Carmel freshman forward Ada Lindal doesn’t get the attention afforded heralded classmate Liv Johnson.
The 6-foot-2 Johnson is widely considered one of the best players in the state, and the daughter of former Illinois player Lucas Johnson has 11 college offers. The 5-9 Lindal comes off the bench and doesn’t have any starting experience with the Corsairs.
“It’s a lot of pressure to try to be good, but the whole team supports me,” Lindal said. “I want to be just like Liv. I want to be as physical as her and do it all like she does.”
Lindal got her chance during the Class 4A Rockford Guilford Sectional championship game on Thursday and came through for Carmel. She scored all four of her points and assisted on another basket while Liv Johnson sat on the bench with foul trouble in the third quarter to push the second-seeded Corsairs to a 38-35 win over top-seeded Libertyville, her older sister Elinor’s former team.
Elinor Lindal, a freshman at St. Xavier, was a key player in Libertyville’s run to the sectional championship game last season. A year later, Ada Lindal helped Carmel win it.
“I know all the girls at Libertyville because I did their feeder and everything,” Lindal said. “I still love the girls there. I knew a lot of girls on Carmel and came to visit and loved it.”
Lindal also had six rebounds for Carmel (25-9), which will play Rolling Meadows (21-10) in the Dundee-Crown Supersectional at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Johnson finished with eight points and 12 rebounds, and senior forward Maron Bowes had seven points and 11 rebounds.
Junior point guard Lily Fisher, who missed a potential game-tying 3-point shot at the buzzer, had a game-high 22 points, 13 rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots for the Wildcats (27-6).
Libertyville, which also lost a close game to Carmel in the regular-season finale, led 24-21 when Lindal drove to the basket for a layup with less than four minutes left in the third quarter.
A little more than 30 seconds later, Lindal handed the Corsairs the lead for good with a putback off a missed 3-point shot by junior guard Maliyah Mays.
Lindal then grabbed an offensive rebound and dished the ball to Bowes, who scored to give the Corsairs a 27-24 lead.
“I was surprised I just did that and tried to keep it going and going,” Lindal said of her drive. “I was so happy to help us be up by three points. I just tried to get rebounds. I’ve been trying to do it all season and help the team, and I feel I’m finally starting to build up as the season has gone on.”
Lindal entered the game averaging 3.0 points and 2.0 rebounds.
“This was a big game for Ada,” Carmel coach Ben Berg said. “She didn’t play much the first time we played Libertyville. I have the ultimate trust in her. She’s not afraid of the moment. She’s still learning, but she made some plays for us by getting two baskets off offensive rebounds. She fought hard.”
Johnson, who had six points and five rebounds in the fourth quarter, said Lindal was the catalyst for the Corsairs’ win.
“She definitely changed the game,” Johnson said. “She stepped up when she needed to today.”
Carmel senior guard Josie Hartman said Lindal is becoming a reliable contributor.
“Ada reminds me of me when I was a freshman,” Hartman said. “Her poise and being able to get by and finish at the rim when the pressure is special, and she takes pressure off me handling the ball. She has grown so much throughout the season.”
Bobby Narang is a freelance reporter.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/26/4a-high-school-basketball-libertyville-carmel-ada-lindal/
Carmel’s Ada Lindal steps into spotlight as Liv Johnson sits. Against Libertyville, her sister’s former team.
Carmel freshman forward Ada Lindal doesn’t get the attention afforded heralded classmate Liv Johnson.
The 6-foot-2 Johnson is widely considered one of the best players in the state, and the daughter of former Illinois player Lucas Johnson has 11 college offers. The 5-9 Lindal comes off the bench and doesn’t have any starting experience with the Corsairs.
“It’s a lot of pressure to try to be good, but the whole team supports me,” Lindal said. “I want to be just like Liv. I want to be as physical as her and do it all like she does.”
Lindal got her chance during the Class 4A Rockford Guilford Sectional championship game on Thursday and came through for Carmel. She scored all four of her points and assisted on another basket while Liv Johnson sat on the bench with foul trouble in the third quarter to push the second-seeded Corsairs to a 38-35 win over top-seeded Libertyville, her older sister Elinor’s former team.
Elinor Lindal, a freshman at St. Xavier, was a key player in Libertyville’s run to the sectional championship game last season. A year later, Ada Lindal helped Carmel win it.
“I know all the girls at Libertyville because I did their feeder and everything,” Lindal said. “I still love the girls there. I knew a lot of girls on Carmel and came to visit and loved it.”
Lindal also had six rebounds for Carmel (25-9), which will play Rolling Meadows (21-10) in the Dundee-Crown Supersectional at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Johnson finished with eight points and 12 rebounds, and senior forward Maron Bowes had seven points and 11 rebounds.
Junior point guard Lily Fisher, who missed a potential game-tying 3-point shot at the buzzer, had a game-high 22 points, 13 rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots for the Wildcats (27-6).
Libertyville, which also lost a close game to Carmel in the regular-season finale, led 24-21 when Lindal drove to the basket for a layup with less than four minutes left in the third quarter.
A little more than 30 seconds later, Lindal handed the Corsairs the lead for good with a putback off a missed 3-point shot by junior guard Maliyah Mays.
Lindal then grabbed an offensive rebound and dished the ball to Bowes, who scored to give the Corsairs a 27-24 lead.
“I was surprised I just did that and tried to keep it going and going,” Lindal said of her drive. “I was so happy to help us be up by three points. I just tried to get rebounds. I’ve been trying to do it all season and help the team, and I feel I’m finally starting to build up as the season has gone on.”
Lindal entered the game averaging 3.0 points and 2.0 rebounds.
“This was a big game for Ada,” Carmel coach Ben Berg said. “She didn’t play much the first time we played Libertyville. I have the ultimate trust in her. She’s not afraid of the moment. She’s still learning, but she made some plays for us by getting two baskets off offensive rebounds. She fought hard.”
Johnson, who had six points and five rebounds in the fourth quarter, said Lindal was the catalyst for the Corsairs’ win.
“She definitely changed the game,” Johnson said. “She stepped up when she needed to today.”
Carmel senior guard Josie Hartman said Lindal is becoming a reliable contributor.
“Ada reminds me of me when I was a freshman,” Hartman said. “Her poise and being able to get by and finish at the rim when the pressure is special, and she takes pressure off me handling the ball. She has grown so much throughout the season.”
Bobby Narang is a freelance reporter.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/26/4a-high-school-basketball-libertyville-carmel-ada-lindal/
Ministro de Defensa de Pakistán afirma que ahora hay una “guerra abierta” con Afganistán tras los más recientes ataques
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Ministro de Defensa de Pakistán afirma que ahora hay una “guerra abierta” con Afganistán tras los más recientes ataques.
Spurs consiguen su undécima victoria seguida al superar 126-110 a Nets
NUEVA YORK (AP) — Julian Champagnie anotó 26 puntos para liderar la undécima victoria consecutiva de los Spurs de San Antonio que vencieron el jueves 126-110 a los Nets de Brooklyn.
Victor Wembanyama otra noche discreta en ataque y terminó con sólo 12 unidades, pero los enrachados Spurs mostraron mucho equilibrio ante unos Nets encaminados a la lotería.
Stephon Castle anotó 18 tantos, De’Aaron Fox y Devin Vassell sumaron 14 cada uno, Keldon Johnson aportó 13 y Dylan Harper terminó con 12.
San Antonio (43-16) atraviesa su racha de victorias más larga desde que ganó 13 seguidos en la temporada 2015-16.
Michael Porter Jr. registró 24 puntos y 14 rebotes por los Nets, que han perdido seis seguidos. El suplente Day’Ron Sharpe aportó 14 tantos y 11 rebotes.
San Antonio tardó apenas 13 segundos en tomar una ventaja que no soltó. Wembanyama ganó el salto inicial y le pasó el balón a Castle que cortó hacia el aro para una espectacular volcada a dos manos. Al final del primer periodo, Castle tenía 13 puntos y los Spurs ganaban 36-22.
San Antonio amplió su ventaja a 48-26 con un triple de Champagnie a los 2:20 del segundo cuarto. Los Spurs se fueron al descanso arriba 71-56.
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Spurs consiguen su undécima victoria seguida al superar 126-110 a Nets
NUEVA YORK (AP) — Julian Champagnie anotó 26 puntos para liderar la undécima victoria consecutiva de los Spurs de San Antonio que vencieron el jueves 126-110 a los Nets de Brooklyn.
Victor Wembanyama otra noche discreta en ataque y terminó con sólo 12 unidades, pero los enrachados Spurs mostraron mucho equilibrio ante unos Nets encaminados a la lotería.
Stephon Castle anotó 18 tantos, De’Aaron Fox y Devin Vassell sumaron 14 cada uno, Keldon Johnson aportó 13 y Dylan Harper terminó con 12.
San Antonio (43-16) atraviesa su racha de victorias más larga desde que ganó 13 seguidos en la temporada 2015-16.
Michael Porter Jr. registró 24 puntos y 14 rebotes por los Nets, que han perdido seis seguidos. El suplente Day’Ron Sharpe aportó 14 tantos y 11 rebotes.
San Antonio tardó apenas 13 segundos en tomar una ventaja que no soltó. Wembanyama ganó el salto inicial y le pasó el balón a Castle que cortó hacia el aro para una espectacular volcada a dos manos. Al final del primer periodo, Castle tenía 13 puntos y los Spurs ganaban 36-22.
San Antonio amplió su ventaja a 48-26 con un triple de Champagnie a los 2:20 del segundo cuarto. Los Spurs se fueron al descanso arriba 71-56.
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Deportes AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
