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Old 31st Mar 2007, 14:09
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F-22 defected to China??

Bloody hell!! theres pictures of an f-22 being escorted into a Chinese airbase, and news items coming from Chinese sources saying that a pilot and an F-22 has defected and the pilot is seeking asylum.
A Chinese spokesperson from the PRC a PLAAF Major Hu Benadd stated the pilot of an F-22 has defected to Luqiao Airbase , and that the pilot is seeking asylum, and that the aircraft has been quarantined and may be returned "at sometime in the future".
A Japanese correspondent Jim Shu said that during the USAF's "Polar Foil" exercise the F-22 had made a run for it to the Chinese mainland , and the name and were abouts of the Pilots is unknown.
Heres a picture I grabbed taken from a Chinese news item, take a look at the tail of the F-22 it looks like its been blurred out in this news item.

anyone got any more Details?
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Yes. The date is wrong. It's tomorrow, 1 April.
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Really, really poor photo-shopping there!!
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re-arrange "Polar Foil"
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Major Hu Benadd.... You've been had.
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Major Hu Benadd?


Whoops - beat me by 2 minutes!
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Old 31st Mar 2007, 15:03
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Wow you lot are just too quick - 8 mins CM!!... ;-), I didn't even get a chance to follow up with the pilots name "Jai Row" who's became a little unstable ;-).
Or another comment regarding it wasn't a deliberate defection just another navigation error!!.

How about Jim Shu (gym shoe) with the "making a run for it" comment.

Flap62 I'm deeply wounded re the shoddy photoshopping comment though.

Happy April Fool (well it is here in Oz)

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Nice work!

I did actually see some validity in it based on the fact that the F22 has had so many problems finding their way around the place on this deployment that they may have taken another wrong turn!

Good effort.
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Yes, very well done.

I liked the reporter's name as well Gym Shoe.
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This was REALLY cool! Would you permit me to use it on a couple of Groups that I am in?

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Yeah go for your life, its april 1st, but try not to worry anyone for too long though before you tell them ..
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I have to post it on the Loose Change forum; they are so anti-US / paranoid that they'll lap it up for days before realising they've "Benadd".
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