Chinese National Charged for Photographing US Military Planes on Road Trip From Vancouver

Chinese National Charged for Photographing US Military Planes on Road Trip From Vancouver
A United States Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft takes off from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 25, 2006. Getty Images/Ethan Miller
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A Chinese national has been accused of illegally photographing U.S. military aircraft in Nebraska during a road trip that authorities say started in Vancouver.

Twenty-one-year-old college student Tianrui Liang was arrested at a New York airport on April 7 while trying to leave the United States for Glasgow, Scotland, where he is studying, the FBI said in a recently published court filing.