11.   Chinese pilots carry out much less training than their American counterparts.

12.   Chinese pilots had been buzzing US planes for months, he says.

13.   Chinese pilots have been less aggressive in intercepting American flights in this area than they had been over the South China Sea.

14.   Confrontations with Chinese pilots had become so frequent that American military intelligence analysts were able to identify the Chinese pilots based on their insignia and tactics.

15.   He got a letter of regret about the missing Chinese pilot from Powell.

16.   However, the U.S. has insisted that Chinese pilots keep a safe distance from U.S. planes.

17.   In the Korean War, Hine dropped behind enemy lines and cracked the code of the Chinese pilots who were flying for the north.

18.   Like all Chinese military pilots, Wang should have had an inflatable life raft in a kit strapped to his body when he ejected from the plane.

19.   On average, Chinese pilots fly far fewer training hours than those in any modern air force.