Originally Posted by
Gnadenburg
Former French Mirage 2000 pilots have been in China for a decade. They are not at elementary flying units they are at fighter squadrons. The sad irony is, and the details easily researchable, Taiwanese pilots have been on exchange programs with the French. One pilot killed in 2012.
Any RAAF pilots there are mugs. Our P-8 operations in the South China Sea are becoming high risk as the PLA Is using sanctioned and calculated aggression that could well go a step further. Shooting down a RAAF aircraft would be escalation to a level of risk, below doing so to a USN Poseidon. We also have Australians permanently detained in China. Detention of former Western military personal easily fabricated- as is going on with a number of our citizens. I’m so surprised that any Australians would be there?
I find it incredible on so many levels.
Despite the earlier poster saying `you do realise many serving military people go there on holidays' I wonder how many currently serving F-35, Super Hornet pilots, or people with currency on the latest BVR techniques, weaponry etc. are on holidays there, or actually helping train PRC fast jet pilots.
And if they, and are working on the mainland, or sunning themselves in Hainan at the moment - they're fools of the highest order.
China's not the enemy? Sure, we're not at war but come-on, how naive.