Former US Air Force officer arrested in Jeffersonville, accused of training Chinese military pilots

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A former U.S. Air Force officer and pilot was arrested Wednesday in Jeffersonville, Indiana, for allegedly “training Chinese military pilots.”

According to the Department of Justice, 65-year-old Gerald Eddie Brown Jr. was charged by criminal complaint for providing, and conspiring to provide, unauthorized defense services to Chinese military pilots in violation of the Arms Export Control Act.

Brown is expected to make his first court appearance Thursday before a magistrate judge in the Southern District of Indiana…

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