Well… I mean… It kinda checks out…
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Time to look up flights to Svalbard?
Can’t be bothered with that. It’s illegal to die there.
That’s the general idea, yes.
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So are you saying that Putin is a Star Trek geek & wants to create that future by creating the “Eastern Coalition” & wants to start that war?
Also don’t forget the Bell Riots in 2024.
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Naughty naughty pilots going off to train the enemy.
Going to be some awkward convos when they return.
I was just reading this! Was interested with:
There is no evidence that any pilots have broken the Official Secrets Act or that they have committed any crime.
I’m amazed going out and doing what they’re doing doesn’t break the OSA.
To be fair, there’s no evidence that China hasn’t recruited 30 disaffected ex-Vigilant VGS pilots by mistake.
And given how much stuff I’ve had from China which hasn’t quite lived up to expectations, it’s about time we got some payback! 
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If they hire a certain former Group Captain he could pause all of their military flying 
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When I did IOT there were PLAAF guys on course with us, each carrying very odd looking translation devices.
MoD is just as much to blame for this.
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My biggest gripe, and disastra memes puts it quite succinctly.
With how things are kicking off, and how the world stage has been on a whole the past 20y…
China and Russia are the two states that could end up giving us a “near-peer” ground war.
Those pilots going over there will be teaching them how to fly how we fly. That can then be interpreted by the enemy in how to counter and kill us.
That’s my gripe. Don’t be training those who would see us dead.
That being said, the PLAAF are probably not in date Diversity and inclusion training. So sorties cancelled 
As long as they are including the hold periods too that shouldn’t be a problem
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They got the name wrong on the 135. Should be a Rivet Joint, not River.
I thought it was Airseeker? 
But what if… they are collecting a nice pay check and delivering duff gen 
Possible. But I think the PLAAF are slightly more switched on than that.
Oh I know - but one can but live in hope.
Best we can hope is that the pilots they have are Gulf War vintage and so in terms of technological understanding are behind the times.
Although I chuckle at the idea of them swearing blind to the PLAAF that the F35 has a blind spot directly forward of it’s nose 
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This will be why then. From the telegraph
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