Chinese navy aims to make students fighter pilots as ‘military mission is accelerated’
The TelegraphThe Chinese navy has launched a recruitment drive aimed at transforming post-graduate students into fighter pilots, saying it is “imperative” to attract more talent as Beijing accelerates military modernisation plans. ‘No legal history’ Candidates must be male with a clean “political history” and no legal or disciplinary history, according to the Those enlisted as part of the drive will begin service next year as China has already completed its pilot recruitment selection for 2023, with the process concluded in August. The previous selection process was expanded to include not only high school leavers and military academy students but also fresh graduates from the country’s leading universities, aged 24 or below, for the first time. ‘Winning wars’ Xi Jinping, the president, has said the country must become a “world-class” military power with armed forces capable of “fighting and winning wars”.
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