Ex-UK Military Pilots Didn’t Share Classified Information With China, Alleged Intermediary Insists

Ex-UK Military Pilots Didn’t Share Classified Information With China, Alleged Intermediary Insists
A Typhoon jet of the Royal Air Force flies over the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base near Constanta, Romania, on April 8, 2022. Daniel Mihailescu /AFP via Getty Images
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Former UK military pilots who were hired to offer training to the Chinese armed forces haven’t shared any classified information with the regime, a South African flying academy that UK officials say served as an intermediary insists.

Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) warned last week that retired British military pilots have been recruited by the Chinese regime to teach its armed forces how to defeat Western warplanes.