Osborn was the pilot of a navy EP-3 ARIES II reconnaissance aircraft that was forced into an emergency landing on Hainan after a mid-air collision with a Chinese fighter.

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Machine generated contents note: Chapter One -- KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA -- 1 April 2001, 0430 Hours -- 1 -- Chapter Two -- LUZOi STRAIT -- 1 April 2001, 0800 Hours -- 41 -- Chapter Three -- SOUTH CHINA SEA -- 1 April 2001, 0830 Hours -- 77 -- Chapter Four -- SOUTH CHINA SEA -- 1 April 2001, 0940 Hours -- 105 -- Chapter Five -- LINGSHUI AIR BASE, HAINAN -- 1 April 2001,1038 Hours -- 133 -- Chapter Six -- LINGSHUI AIR BASE -- 3 Apil 2001, 0830 Hours -- 167 -- Chapter Seven -- HAIKOU, HAINAN -- 4 April 2001, 0850 Hours -- 193 -- Chapter Eight -- HAIKOU, HAINAN -- 8 April 2001, 0930 Hours -- 223 -- Epilogue -- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- THE WHITE HOUSE -- 18 May 2001 0840 Hours -- 249 -- Afterword -- 255 -- Glossary of Aviation Terms -- 257.