FBI arrest Glasgow student for taking 'illegal pictures' at US airbase
Posted by SukkkMyAshHall@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 150 comments
The Chinese spotter in question: https://www.jetphotos.com/photographer/171999 (reposting as the old one got removed due to the title change)
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26034414.fbi-arrest-scots-university-student-us-military-aircraft-photos/ another article regarding the situation
anything for jetphotos nowadays I guess (he's in the Turbulence group, which is known to have members who go crazy and REALLY competitive over special/military aircraft) (PRC spotters are known to go crazy for specials).
0utlaw-t0rn@reddit
Shouldn’t have been doing it, but if you can see it from the street, it ain’t secret.
whats_a_quasar@reddit
The constitutionality of the law they're using is super dubious. Recordings are covered by the First Amendment under freedom of speech and freedom of the press and there is clear precedent that the government cannot criminalize recording the police from public areas. It's not obvious that it being a military base or using a lens makes any difference to the constitutionality. If this law were to be challenged there's a good chance it would be struck down.
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/recording-and-documenting-police-and-federal-agents
AgKnight14@reddit
Or from the sky. Depending who you are, possibly in even higher res than from the street
edelweiss_pirates_no@reddit
> if you can see it from the street, it ain’t secret.
Still might be illegal to take a pic.
Most of the time if you can see it you can take a pic, but the US laws have some exceptions.
latedescent@reddit
True. I always laugh at air shows when there’s an F35 parked on the ramp but guards say “ no pictures “. It’s like, I can fuckin Google this shit and see every detail I want.
ByebyeParachute@reddit
It’s quite simple. The Chinese are our enemy. Stop pussy footing around it.
They are the modern equivalent of the soviets. We are not friends.
letsgetthisbread2812@reddit
I understand why you would feel this way but I strongly suggest travelling even once to China to gain an actual perspective of how things are.
It is sentiment like this that politicians use to start and maintain endless wars that cause needless deaths.
Level_Restaurant2697@reddit
The Chinese government*
Icy-Banana-3291@reddit
The Chinese Government, is the enemy of The US Government. The citizens of both countries for the most part just want to live happily healthy lives with their families.
It’s the ambitious power hungry ass hats in both governments that see the world as a place for competition and dominance, rather than cooperation and humanity.
Heavy-Ad5385@reddit
Why would you do something this dumb? You so much as fart in a half-mile radius of a US Military base and they'll be on you in seconds!
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).
FlyNSubaruWRX@reddit
What is a PRC spotter?
LegDayDE@reddit
People's Republic of...
FixMy106@reddit
Canada
ITakeMassiveDumps@reddit
Canada is heavily involved in espionage against another industry though. The maple syrup industry.
Memitim@reddit
From the makers of Akiba Maid War, comes the epic tale of Canadians fighting for control over the oozing amber blood of their nation. Chaudière-Appalaches Maple War, coming soon, eh.
planethood4pluto@reddit
Soorry, it’s a matter of national security.
Cerebral-Parsley@reddit
Chad
Leelze@reddit
Connecticut.
kaaskugg@reddit
Damn you, Cape Verde.
ADMINlSTRAT0R@reddit
Congo
FlightFramed@reddit
The long way of saying spy
3uphoric-Departure@reddit
A plane spotter from China aka People’s Republic of China (PRC)
Warthog_pilot@reddit
I don't know anything about Chinese spotters but I did a lot of airshows around Europe and we always laught about dutch spotters that always bring their big ladders and park in front of everyone. I'm sure it's not a Chinesez thing.
Plus the fact that NL guys are already 2m tall. They are natural ladders.
Threedawg@reddit
I guarantee you have not met "the majority of them", you have a met a few that rubbed you the wrong way.
This is textbook racism.
auxaperture@reddit
Wow I have absolutely no idea what any of this means.
Heavy-Ad5385@reddit
Wow! I never realised it was that crazy.
Honestly, in the current climate and with the current administration, I'd actively go out of my way to avoid any US Military installations!
AgKnight14@reddit
Is this true for both foreign and domestic bases? I live in a western state with lots of DoD land, and have driven around the southwest and relatively near lots of installations. I’ve never tried to walk up to one or act suspicious in any way, but they’re sort of just a fact of life here.
No-Kaleidoscope-4525@reddit
Army boot slams your door open: "WHO HERE HAPPENED TO BE STINKIN' A MINUTE AGO??"
KfirGuy@reddit
Sadly there has always been a massive racial/ethnic double standard when it comes to plane spotting and aviation photography as a hobby in the United States. I have been stopped, hassled, and challenged by law-enforcement in places that my more Anglo-Saxon/white looking friends would frequent all the time - and that as a US citizen myself.
Epcplayer@reddit
The person in question specifically traveled to the home of StratCom (in Omaha, Nebraska), and was taking pictures of the secretive E-4B plane with a telescopic lens. This is after having first gone to Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota hoping to take pictures of the B1 Bombers.
You can’t do either of those regardless of race.
monorail_pilot@reddit
This is arguable. The US has gone to great lengths to NOT have this go to court because of the deep first amendment restrictions it causes, and the U.S. has historically dropped these charges quietly. The Toledo Blade back in 2014 had 2 reporters charged with "violating federal law". They eventually won and settled for $18,000, but the government never admitted at any point what specific law they were charged with violating.
https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/toledo_blade_us_army_settlement.php
grackychan@reddit
If they cannot prove substantive or material ties to a foreign government / intelligence agency then the case really falls apart. However it would be another matter if evidence was discovered following search warrant for devices that links the accused to operating as an unregistered foreign agent.
AgKnight14@reddit
Without looking into the details beyond what your comment says, I imagine the US has gone to great lengths to avoid court because they’d lose
TimeRemove@reddit
Yes, uhh, here is a tour of that same aircraft:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBa58DNkudo
And an even better tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maZdUtB0ojs
Moose135A@reddit
If you are in a public location, and the subject is visible from your location, you can photograph it. Last time I was out that way (went to the SAC Museum) I took a ride past Offut, but nothing was readily visible or I would have stopped and shot it.
Epcplayer@reddit
Yes, but I think a lot of people aren’t aware of the types of photos being taken. The average “aviation enthusiast” will see something, pull over on a public road, and take a distant photo where you can vaguely make out what it is. If you’re lucky, it’ll be a good photo from far away. Like sure, that’s not what they’re being arrested for.
They’re pulling over on the side of smaller roads adjacent to the base, parking, walking up to the perimeter fencing, and either taking much closer photos of the parked planes or of the planes on short final.
Moose135A@reddit
Like sitting outside the fence at KCLT and taking photos of Air Force 1 arriving?
Palemka91@reddit
Careful, that's not universally true and will depend on the country. In some, you cannot take photos of military bases at all.
Moose135A@reddit
I know that. We are talking about an arrest made in the US for taking photos.
Palemka91@reddit
In this context - yes. But with military bases present around the world, I don't want anyone to read your comment and get themselves in trouble.
fireandlifeincarnate@reddit
Why can't you do either of those from places the public can access?
Epcplayer@reddit
Assuming you’re not breaking any rules, it’s because they won’t get the clear unobstructed views they’re looking for. Most of these bases are “built up” on compacted soil to accommodate the weight of heavier aircraft. This means that most public roads don’t have a good line of sight with the airfield…
If they set up a half mile away, they might be able to see the plane at a distance, but it would also be for a shorter duration of time, higher up, and with obstructions between them and the plane.
People doing this aren’t looking for “a photo” of these aircraft… they’re looking for very specific photos at very specific angles, with looking at particular aspects/details of the plane which need a perfect line of sight.
Moose135A@reddit
Legally, you can.
No_Size9475@reddit
The same e4b that is photographed and posted on Reddit at least once a week?
monorail_pilot@reddit
This is arguable. The US has gone to great lengths to NOT have this go to court because of the deep first amendment restrictions it causes, and the U.S. has historically dropped these charges quietly. The Toledo Blade back in 2014 had 2 reporters charged with "violating federal law". They eventually won and settled for $18,000, but the government never admitted at any point what specific law they were charged with violating.
https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/toledo_blade_us_army_settlement.phphttps://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/toledo_blade_us_army_settlement.phphttps://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/toledo_blade_us_army_settlement.php
https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/toledo_blade_us_army_settlement.phphttps://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/toledo_blade_us_army_settlement.php
https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/toledo_blade_us_army_settlement.php
KfirGuy@reddit
And yet, I know a great many US based photographers who have done exactly that, and to have traveled specifically up there to photograph the E-4, the RC-135, etc. and were not arrested 🤷🏻♂️
Almaegen@reddit
We aren't falling for it bud. Its not 2016 anymore.
KfirGuy@reddit
There’s nothing to fall for, all I can do is share what I’ve observed personally, which is that a number of fellow photographers that I’m acquainted with have made specific trip to Nebraska to photograph these birds and weren’t arrested - no agenda, just a simple fact 🤷🏻♂️
Almaegen@reddit
Sure bud.
miata_only@reddit
I personally know many with Asian features who have done this as well and not had any problems
buck70@reddit
I wonder what would happen if a white American person was taking high resolution photos of Chinese reconnaissance aircraft outside of a Chinese airbase? Probably nothing because the Chinese aren't racist at all, right?
Penuwana@reddit
Moose135A@reddit
What are the laws in China covering photography? In the US, if you are in an area open to the public, you can photography anything that is visible.
SecurelyObscure@reddit
Not for nothing. China is so disproportionately represented in espionage activities that they have their own division in the counterintelligence office. And they regularly use citizens who are visiting or permanently living in other countries to gather intel.
Like this one from last year, where a Chinese software engineer who married a Philippino woman was caught taking high resolution lidar and mapping data of a US Air Base, purportedly for self driving development.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_China%E2%80%93Philippines_espionage_cases
mirrorballin07@reddit
That may be the case, but what does it have anything to do with planespotting? Nobody is putting classified information on the exterior of a plane in full view of the public.
the_Q_spice@reddit
The very skin of a lot of planes is classified, and you can get a lot of info with a camera.
My academic background is in remote sensing, and if you have the right knowledge, you can get the reflectance spectra of the paint from a regular RGB image. It won’t get you to an exact material, but it will get you about 90% of the way there.
Similarly, you can pretty easily modify cameras to either be panchromatic or to be able to image non-viable light spectra (UV, SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR), which can give you even more data or even thermal emissions (huge for making IFF profiles or new IR seekers).
SaucybOy420@reddit
Then I sure hope they don’t fly those over anywhere people have cameras. Of course you can’t take pictures on a base which is reasonable but to expect a plane that flies around over the public to never be photographed is kind of ridiculous.
mkosmo@reddit
The designs of inlets and exhausts beg to differ. The ability to radar map engine fans begs to differ. A bunch of things you'd never notice normally or are covered at airshow static displays beg to differ.
mirrorballin07@reddit
everyone taking flights inside the airport and everyone living around the airport can still see all of these things but good job you stopped the kid with a dslr
fellow_who_uses_redd@reddit
I really could care less if the Chinese knew every U.S. government secret there is to know, I’d rather they not harass people for being Asian
ColossusA1@reddit
Eh, sort of for nothing. It's not that hard for a foreign country to have a spy that's of the ethnicity of the country they're targeting. Racial dscrimination isn't justified by the actions of the Chinese(or any other) government. It's wrong and doesn't make our society safer in any way.
Raccoon_Ratatouille@reddit
Yeah those Chinese spies really can’t catch a break!
TheCygnusWall@reddit
You can remove the "plane spotting and aviation photography" part from your comment and it's still true
IlVeroStronzo@reddit
This double standard pretty much applies to everything
QuarterlyTurtle@reddit
How exactly can taking pictures of military bases be illegal? As long as he’s not trespassing on private property or violating anyone’s privacy, I feel like he should be allowed to take pictures of whatever he wants to.
JPEnjoi@reddit
It tells you in the article
QuarterlyTurtle@reddit
Yes I saw that, I’m more confused on how that’s even a law to begin with though.
crkscrew13@reddit
You fail to see how detailed images of military bases and possibly the vehicles or personnel occupying those bases could be compromising and valuable?
QuarterlyTurtle@reddit
No I understand that, but I feel like if it’s viewable from public property then it should be fair game to take pictures of. I don’t see how they can enforce a ban on taking pictures from public property. In my opinion it should be the military’s responsibility to sufficiently obscure/hide stuff they don’t want seen.
Poland-lithuania1@reddit
Ehh, you can see inside a house through the windows, but I'd say photographing the inside of a house through a window is a violation of the homeowners privacy.
No_Size9475@reddit
100% it is not illegal to photograph the inside of someone's house from the public street.
And if that public doesn't want that to happen then the close the blinds, obscuring it.
Poland-lithuania1@reddit
This was from an Official UK website.
english-lab@reddit
If your on public property, you can take pictures and record military bases. Once’s you step on the base, you can get in trouble. Can’t trespass the eyes.
As for a homeowner, yes you can record someone’s house from a public street or sidewalk. It’s your responsibility to create privacy.
Poland-lithuania1@reddit
I feel that should be illegal, to record the inside of a house from outside without permission.
africanconcrete@reddit
He could have driven down to RAF Fairford from Glasgow and taken pictures of a B-1B that is based there. Completely legal, so long as he stays outside of the fence.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/06/raf-fairford-day-trippers-watch-us-warplanes-gloucestershire
mkosmo@reddit
Which has nothing to do with the situation here.
africanconcrete@reddit
I am highlighting that of he wanted a photo of a B-1 that desperately, he could have got one in the UK without any issues.
It also begs the question as to why, if photos of B-1s are of a major concern to the US, why they have no problem with it happening in the UK?
sauzbozz@reddit
Kind of does because he wanted a picture of a B1 as well.
FlyNSubaruWRX@reddit
Well this guy seems not to be arrested by the FBI or any government agency in fact.
https://youtu.be/eFA_9XDTsQY
Reality-Umbulical@reddit
Are you familiar with the concept of national security?
milsurp-guy@reddit
Probably became a law well before cameras were on everyone everywhere.
No_Size9475@reddit
It doesn't tell you in the article. All it says is that it's illegal at that base but cites no laws specifically.
Lv_InSaNe_vL@reddit
Sure but this is reddit. Im only here to read the title and get mad!
milsurp-guy@reddit
Read the article maybe?
“Title 18 of the U.S. Code, Section 795, which bans the photographing, sketching, drawing or mapping of "vital" military and naval installations or equipment without permission.”
cottonheadedninnymug@reddit
What is the definition of "vital" in this case? Are there certain bases and installations you can photograph or are they all "vital"?
monorail_pilot@reddit
The law in question is one that the U.S. has gone out of its way time and time again to not have tested against the first amendment. This person will quietly be told not to come back, and the charges will disappear. It will never see the courtroom.
https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/toledo_blade_us_army_settlement.php
whats_a_quasar@reddit
Yeah, finally found someone making this point. The constitutionality of this law is extremely dubious. Supreme Court precedent is that recording government functions from public property is First-Amendment protected
Epcplayer@reddit
Most U.S. military bases are going to be considered “Vital”. If there’s any confusion as to whether it’s vital, in this case the name “Strategic Command” sounds pretty important. Additionally an aircraft nicknamed “The Doomsday Plane” would probably fall under the category of Vital.
The accused even admitted knowing what he was doing was illegal, but did so anyways.
I’m just confused as to why there’s outrage for a foreign national going into another a country, knowingly breaking laws which would fit the criteria for espionage, and people are trying to defend his actions.
gefahr@reddit
Don't worry, that outrage is confined to Reddit, which is basically a playground for synthetic fomenting of outrage now.
UsuallySparky@reddit
Most of these US laws are left deliberately vague so they can be arbitrary enforced on a case by case basis.
0xe1e10d68@reddit
Meaning arbitrarily
UsuallySparky@reddit
Autocorrect
Striking-Doctor-8062@reddit
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section795&num=0&edition=prelim
Turns out if you read the law it explains the law
Aggravating-Room-664@reddit
Because that’s something that doesn’t happens often. Laws can exist and the people who enforce them can still be very selective of when this should apply.
HumansMustBeCrazy@reddit
Taking pictures of military bases is the same as acquiring current accurate data about the disposition of material and manpower on those bases. This is useful information to opposing forces.
Instead of trying to figure out who is just an enthusiast and who is actually trying to require information, it's simpler to simply ban the taking of photos.
Soumin@reddit
I guess because it is not possible to differentiate it from real spying.
PerforatedPie@reddit
Original article: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/26034659.us-arrests-glasgow-university-student-taking-illegal-photos/
These Yahoo and MSN rehosts are a plague.
Tenroh_@reddit
So I guess my dashcam needs to be unplugged anytime I drive on a public road with view of a military base. Good to know.
mkosmo@reddit
On base, absolutely. That's been a rule for a long time.
whats_a_quasar@reddit
It does not sound like the person taking pictures was on the base.
Tenroh_@reddit
I am not a member of the military nor a contractor for the military and do not go on base.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/M2X1LezFrPYfqVxL9
For instance this road that I take skirts the Southside of an airbase and anyone can drive on it
gefahr@reddit
Well if you snap a telephoto lens onto it and point it at planes you admittedly knew were illegal to photograph, you may also get in trouble.
FlyNSubaruWRX@reddit
I have a feeling that him being Chinese also played a factor.
ExtremePronoia@reddit
This is not unique to the US and China. Spy’s take photos of foreign military bases, security checkpoints, or other sensitive sights. Or more accurately, they will pay unsuspecting idiots to do so for them.
No matter what country you’re in on earth be careful taking pictures around their military and security forces.
helen269@reddit
Is it spy's or spies? For my own curiosity I looked it up as I'd never seen the word in writing before. Turns out it's "spies". Who knew, eh?
TIL. Thanks! :-)
Almaegen@reddit
Yeah it would be great if we could stop acting ignorant of Chinese espionage activities.
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Optimal_Anxiety6864@reddit
Every country does it
HelloYesItsMeYourMom@reddit
Just because every country does it doesn’t mean every country shouldn’t try to defend themselves from it. What a strange comment.
Adventurous_Pea_2007@reddit
For the uninitiated, China‘s go to espionage tactic is masquerading as students. There was one in my wife‘s language class.
Whole wife and kids, allegedly, except they’re back home even though he’s staying here permanently, and there’s no plan to bring them here, and he’s in an entry level German language class, and he’s Chinese, and he already speaks perfect English, and why exactly isn’t your family coming to Germany again even though you’re staying? Like your children that you allegedly have? And of course when it turned out there was nobody of importance in my wife‘s class, he magically decided he was doing poorly in class and asked to be held back and retake A1. No, he’s looking for other targets because there were none in his first class.
Anyway, turns out the most likely people to legitimately enroll in intensive language courses are people who need to fast track a language because they’re doing something hyper professional. A lot of doctors, but also the occasional engineer, scientist, government worker. The kind of people who might have access to shit that governments want access to.
And it doesn’t hurt the cause that there’s like two billion Chinese people worldwide. There are so many Chinese people just in China that you could take half a billion of them, make them spies, and you’d still have like a billion Chinese people in China who are just living life like the rest of the world. So of course not every Chinese person you’re gonna meet at school is gonna be a spy, in fact the majority won’t be. But there are a fuck ton of Chinese people, it’s just a fact, and there are a corresponding number of spies.
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NaiveChoiceMaker@reddit
Big if true!
Adventurous_Pea_2007@reddit
You gotta toss one in for the mouthbreathers who know no nuance and would otherwise read what I said as something far worse than what it actually is.
fabalaupland@reddit
Source: trust me bro
RipCurl69Reddit@reddit
I mean yeah it's anecdotal. You can either take it or leave it, I don't doubt it happens though
Adventurous_Pea_2007@reddit
It does happen, and it happens in the average person’s daily life more often than they realize either because the person does a good enough job revealing themselves, or the average person is too casually oblivious for anyone to become suspicious. A great example is witness protection program, and funnily enough I also have a personal (and true) "story" for this.
I’ll start off by saying, I absolutely do not knowingly know anybody in witness protection. However, I was watching a miniseries on the program years ago, and they went over this one person who just wouldn’t adhere to the rules of the program, to the point where this person was eventually dropped from the program early because they kept having to move this person. The documentary went on to mention several of the locations this person had been bounced around, and one of them was my hometown. To be clear, I don’t mean my general metro area; I mean my specific small town of 15,000 people was named.
So what this most likely means is that one of my elder relatives - a parent, an aunt or uncle, a grandparent - or a close friend or neighbor has likely unknowingly developed a relationship of some sort with someone who was in the witness protection program. Of course this is completely unconfirmed, and comes down to sheer probability evaluation. But in a town of 15,000, it is certainly reasonable to say that one, if not multiple, people that I know, themselves know someone in witness protection. I’d give the chance that I personally know this person at far less than 1%. But they exist, the documentary confirmed they exist, and they existed in my small town.
The point I’m trying to make with this story is that this isn’t special or unique. It happens everywhere, all the time, relatively speaking. The reason you hardly hear of it is because the programs work.
OhNoAnAmerican@reddit
Noooooo stahhhhhp insinuating China isn’t le epic bastion of human rights nooooooo harrrrrumph
DivideMind@reddit
US does the same thing, it's a core cold war tactic that probably stuck around. There were all sorts of jokes about student visas.
TheSprayer31@reddit
Certainly wouldn’t be the first time germans would boast about their suspicion of another group of people.
Su-37_Terminator@reddit
...wow.
sunsetair@reddit
Don’t they have satellites to do the same?
holidayz-jpg@reddit
Why is FBI in Scotland?
Few_Carpenter2244@reddit
He took pics in the usa. Fbi arrested him at the airport to europe.
Pasco08@reddit
I think him being Chinese had more to do with this then taking pictures of military jets when there is literally a channel on YouTube that records at a RAF base when us jets takeoff and land.
Lethiun@reddit
This happened in the US, not the UK. Whatever laws may (or may not) allow someone to film a jet at an RAF base are not relevant.
Pasco08@reddit
My point of him being Chinese probably had more to do with it then anything else remains. I doubt a white American filming Military jets is going to get arrested
Watpotfaa@reddit
Well yeah, considering we are at war with China…
Necessary_Spread_511@reddit
When was war declared ?
Watpotfaa@reddit
We have been at war with them since Korea. A cold war but a war nonetheless.
Epcplayer@reddit
The U.S. operates certain aircraft completely differently because of this… when they’re outside the U.S., they’re on considered on deployment and take measures to conceal their movements.
The E-4B doesn’t fly to the UK because was intended to be a mobile Command & Control center for an attack on the US. It was stationed at Andrews AFB until the 90’s, and then moved to Nebraska.
Clean-Wolverine3049@reddit
PRC spotters man they gotta chill
coomzee@reddit
I'm sure he will have a very fair trial with the FBI. Will he be extradited.
ambushsabre@reddit
very strange sentiments brewing in this thread I have to say
thaineetit@reddit
Get kash over for a proper piss up....I mean investigation
Whatsthathum@reddit
I have no idea what you’re saying here.
thaineetit@reddit
Kash Patel = fbi Glasgow = drinking Kash ÷ Glasgow = investigation
urbanmark@reddit
Freedom from me, but not for thee.
Guns for everyone, always, but not at public events or areas where there might be important people.
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class_rando_fxx@reddit
Should have said he was russian, they would have given him vip access
Inner-Thought9665@reddit
WHAT’S HIS NAME!?
BiggestBallOfTwine@reddit
the article says he wanted to get pics of a B1-B and he was on a B1 visa.... I just don't get it.
3uphoric-Departure@reddit
Honestly respect for these guys for putting themselves on the line to get sick aircraft pictures for the rest of us to enjoy.
Chick-Thunder-Hicks@reddit
The rest of us being the Chinese government? lol
Randallator1997@reddit
If you don't want your military aircraft photographed, put them in a hangar
SufficientOne2887@reddit
Arrested because he’s Chinese.
All his attorney needs to do is point at the Getty Images archive for the B-1 and point out that none of those photographers have been arrested and I highly doubt they bothered the base commander in each instance to take their pictures.
ScottOld@reddit
Should have stuck to prestwick, should always be careful around military facilities
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PRC = mainland china
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