TFASA offers clients"qualified fighter and tactics instructors" for hire. In January it described itself as"the go-to provider of specialist flight testing and aviation training solutions for progressive nations across the world", when it announced a cooperation agreement with the South African Civil Aviation Authority.
The UK's armed forces minister James Heappey called for a change in law to prevent Royal Air Force pilots from passing on intelligence to China in future, and a spokesperson for embattled UK Prime Minister Liz Truss promised"decisive steps" to stop such headhunting. As many as 30 pilots from the UK are believed to have helped train members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Unnamed western intelligence sources told UK media that pilots were offered packages that amount to nearly £240,000, the equivalent of more than R4.8 million per year.
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