1Wang Wei, PLA Navy pilot killed in the 2001 Hainan Island incident when his J-8 collided with a US EP-3 aircraft; posthumously honored as 海空卫士 ('Guardian of the Sea and Sky')
PLA Navy pilot whose J-8 fighter collided with a US EP-3 surveillance plane off Hainan Island in April 2001. He was lost at sea and was given the title 海空卫士, "Guardian of the Sea and Sky".
Wáng Wěi bèi zhuī shòu Hǎi Kōng Wèishì de chēnghào.
Wang Wei was posthumously awarded the title 'Guardian of the Sea and Sky'.
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Chinese people remember him by the number on his fighter, 81192. His last radio words are reported as 我已无法返航, 'I can no longer return to base', and every April 1 people post '81192, 请返航', 'please come back'.