Chinese JetPhotos spotter charged with photographing US military aircraft
Posted by SukkkMyAshHall@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 31 comments
https://www.jetphotos.com/photographer/171999 part of turbulence group
ILikeFlyingMachines@reddit
What? Why would he be charged for stuff a few hundred people also do?
Epcplayer@reddit
Not sure how many people are taking photos outside of StratCom, or specifically taking photos of the E-4B.
FyreWulff@reddit
Most of Omaha has pictures of the E-4B on their phone. It's doing constant practice runs over the city, amongst many other planes including AWACs. They're often flying low and slow, too.
If they didn't want pictures of these planes being taken they should probably move them to a base that isn't in a city of a million people.
m0viestar@reddit
Most people don't drive around to specific Air Force bases and take photos of specific planes only, then try to leave the country.
andrenoble@reddit
Because they can?
Afraid_Stuff_History@reddit
huh they should come to Okinawa...
Inspired-User2026@reddit
I was about to say, when I lived in Oki they didn’t even hide it. They had giant cameras easily $10k+ cost and would be have a radio in their hand while photographing.
Afraid_Stuff_History@reddit
that's still going on
xdr567@reddit
This is retarded.
SpiceWeasel83@reddit
How so?
China isn’t exactly known for being a friendly nation….
ThrowAwaAlpaca@reddit
At least they don't threaten to "wipe out an entire civilization"?
n365pa@reddit
Ummm, they have and are trying to as I type this?
andrenoble@reddit
Unless you are a sparrow, then, well...
Scriefers@reddit
Uyghurs
bekwiat@reddit
photographing US jets is somehow furthering the genocide of the Uyghurs?
Scriefers@reddit
Jesus Christ your reading comprehension is abysmal. The dude I replied to was stating that China was not actively committing atrocities and genocidal acts towards anyone but sparrows (which they historically exterminated during dumbass Mao’s four pests campaign).
I just pointedly stated that China is fucking up the Uyghurs very badly. Whatever connection you were trying to make up beyond that is on you, you weirdo.
ThrowAwaAlpaca@reddit
Citation needed
nooby_goober@reddit
Uninformed blanket statement.
F0rbiddenD0nut@reddit
This is just some Chinese guy though, not a government agent or something.
LaminatingShrimps4u@reddit
How do you know?
SpiceWeasel83@reddit
We don’t know that. Wouldn’t be the first time that an agent of an adversary blends in to normal civilization….
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-china-espionage-navy-5514ba4d565f19f52dac1820b04ca343
A Chinese national friendly to the USA ought to be a bit more careful of the pictures they want to take.
SukkkMyAshHall@reddit (OP)
PRC spotters are competitive, bro. They would go as far as to block you (e.g bring a big ass ladder and stand in the front instead of being considerate, like standing at the back knowing you have a ladder.) just for them to get the shot that they want. They go crazy for special traffic (e.g military/special liveries , jetphoto hotphotos etc. ). Sure, not all of them are like this, but the majority of them are cuz of their culture. A lot of them are also obsessed with JetPhotos, hence the results. The members in the "Turbulence" are also known to be very interesting people... (like they think they own the world or smt, would do anything to get THAT shot).
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SukkkMyAshHall@reddit (OP)
PRC spotter + jetphotos = interesting results
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neovb@reddit
It doesn't seem like the guy was taking the pictures in furtherance of some spy activity on behalf of the Chinese government, considering there is nothing he could photograph from outside the installation that isn't already publicly available.
The problem, though, according to the article, is that he admitted he knew it was illegal to take those photos but regardless of that knowledge, took them anyways for "his personal collection."
Lesson of the day? Never admit fault before speaking to an attorney.
SukkkMyAshHall@reddit (OP)
PRC spotters are competitive, bro. They would go as far as to block you (e.g bring a big ass ladder and stand in the front instead of being considerate, like standing at the back knowing you have a ladder.) just for them to get the shot that they want. They go crazy for special traffic (e.g military/special liveries , jetphoto hotphotos etc. ). Sure, not all of them are like this, but the majority of them are cuz of their culture. A lot of them are also obsessed with JetPhotos, hence the results. The members in the "Turbulence" are also known to be very interesting people... (like they think they own the world or smt, would do anything to get THAT shot).
burritoresearch@reddit
And what does anyone think would happen if an American did the exact same thing domestically in china outside the gates of the Chinese equivalent of the same airbase?
EvMund@reddit
Man thats some booshi
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