A former professor at the Air War College has pleaded guilty to making false statements regarding his relationship with a Chinese regime official, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Oct. 25. Zhang Xiaoming, a former civilian professor at the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty to making false statements to a federal agent, according to a statement by the DOJ. Zhang, a naturalized citizen of Chinese descent who began teaching in the Air War College’s department of leadership and strategy in 2003, frequently traveled to mainland China to conduct research for work and to visit relatives, according to the statement. It was during one of these visits in 2012 that Zhang became acquainted with and developed a relationship with a known foreign official of the Shanghai municipal government. According to the DOJ, Zhang went on to meet the official in person on at least six …