Ex-US Marine Pilot Faces Conspiracy Charges Over Chinese Pilot Training

An AV-8B Harrier Jet aircraft sits on the deck of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge of the United States Navy, at the seaport of Klaipeda, Lithuania, on Aug. 22, 2022. Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images

A former U.S.-military pilot who was arrested in Australia in October is facing conspiracy charges over allegations he unlawfully exported defense services to China.

Former fighter pilot Daniel Edmund Duggan is facing charges of conspiracy to unlawfully export defense services to China and violating the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, according to a 2017 indictment that was unsealed by a U.S. district court in Washington on Dec. 9, Reuters reported.