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China/East Asia correspondent for Le Figaro. Author of A thousand miles to freedom’ with North Korea defector Kim Eunsun. Dumplings, durian and kimchi.
Oct 22, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
Exclusive: Several French pilots have been working as instructor in #China to train #PLA air force, two former military sources confirmed me. I interviewed a French Navy pilot who was approached to train China aircraft carrier pilots @Le_Figaro A thread.
lefigaro.fr/international/… "I was truly tempted" told me the man in his 40, who used to take off from the French Aircraft carrier #CharlesdeGaulle and was offered 20 000 euros monthly salary through South African agency TFASA who has also hired numerous former #RAF pilots as revealed by @haynesdeborah