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Originally Posted by geo10
(Quoating The Financial Times) ... approached by a South African flight school to train Chinese pilots to operate warplanes that included Typhoons, Tornados and Harriers."
While I am unsure of the provenance, and accuracy,
of that article it raises some interesting questions:
1. Does a South African flight school actually have Typhoons, Tornados, and Harriers? (I find that unlikely, but am willing to be shown otherwise)
2. Are they training in high quality / high fidelity simulators? (Possible. If any of you know about that South African company, perhaps you can comment)
3. Are the expats being hired to form an aggressor squadron against whom Chinese fast jet pilots fly? (Something like a Red Flag)
I expect that the MoD is looking into similar questions.
ORAC: thank you for that link, mirth was had. A few of the replies under the video increased the amusement.