A Chinese national has been accused of illegally photographing U.S. military aircraft in Nebraska during a road trip that authorities say started in Vancouver.
Twenty-one-year-old college student Tianrui Liang was arrested at a New York airport on April 7 while trying to leave the United States for Glasgow, Scotland, where he is studying, the FBI said in a recently published court filing.
Liang went on a multistate road trip after flying into Vancouver, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release. He crossed the border into Washington state on March 28 on a valid B1/B2 visa.
Liang’s road trip included a stop near Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota before travelling on to Nebraska, where he stopped at Offutt Air Force Base located near Omaha, the FBI said in the court document….