Chinese national charged with photographing B-2 bombers outside Whiteman Air Force Base

A 35-year-old Chinese national was charged this week with taking pictures of B-2 bombers and other "vital military installations" at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB) back in December, according to federal court documents.

On Wednesday, Jan. 7, U.S. Attorney R. Matthew Price of the Western District of Missouri filed a criminal complaint against Qilin Wu.

The complaint claims that on Tuesday, Dec. 2, patrolmen with the Whiteman AFB Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) were called to investigate a suspicious minivan with a Massachusetts license plate sitting outside the perimeter of the Knob Noster military base...