Turkey, China conduct joint air maneuvers

[Jigs]

Top view of Konya AFB

 

[SEAL]

Hungarian Mig-29 Anatolian Eagle.

 

[CardSharp]

Hungarian Mig-29 Anatolian Eagle.

The Russian came up with a great wing design for the Mig and Su

 

[yusa40]

the mig looks ugle on the ground but like an hawk when its flying

 

[pkpatriotic]

China mounts air exercise with Turkey, U.S. says
Fri Oct 8, 2010
By Jim Wolf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The air forces of China and Turkey have carried out a joint exercise, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday, in what appeared to be the first such drill involving Beijing and a NATO member country.

Turkey assured the United States it would take the "utmost care" to protect sensitive U.S. and NATO technologies, said U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Tamara Parker, a department spokeswoman.

She described Turkey's government as committed to the NATO alliance and the continuation of strong ties to the United States.

"To the best of our knowledge, U.S.-made F-16s were not involved in the exercise," Parker said. She referred a caller to the Turkish government for details of the maneuvers.

The office of the Turkish defense attache in Washington did not respond to a request for comment.

Turkish press reports have said the exercises took place September 20 through October 4 at the Konya air base in Turkey's central Anatolia region.

Some U.S. experts described the exercise as underscoring China's capability to operate beyond its territory.

David Finkelstein, director of China Studies at the CNA research group in Alexandria, Virginia, said it may be the first time China's People's Liberation Army air force engaged in a combined exercise with a NATO country in a NATO country.

"Indeed, an incipient expeditionary PLA is in the making," said Finkelstein.
Another Pentagon official, who asked not to be identified, said indications were that the Turkish air force flew F-4 Phantom fighters, used extensively by the United States during the Vietnam War, while China flew Russian-built SU-27s.

The Chinese-Turkish maneuvers occurred before a visit to Turkey this week by Premier Wen Jiabao. Turkey and China aim to triple two-way trade to $50 billion a year by 2015 under a new "strategic partnership," Wen told a news conference in Ankara on Friday with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.

James Clad, a U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asia from 2007 to 2009, said the drill highlighted Turkey's "omni-directional" foreign policy.

The dislike by Turkey and the Muslim world of Chinese policies in western China "won't be going away soon," added Clad, now with the Defense Department's National Defense University.

Turkey's ties with China have been strained at times, notably over Beijing's tough approach to unrest in Xinjiang, home to China's Muslim Turkic minority Uighurs.

"It seems the Turks opted to react to overtures from the Chinese which, with appropriate technological restrictions, could prove useful in assessing Chinese air capabilities," Clad said.

 

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Turkey's ties with China have been strained at times, notably over Beijing's tough approach to unrest in Xinjiang, home to China's Muslim Turkic minority Uighurs.

"It seems the Turks opted to react to overtures from the Chinese which, with appropriate technological restrictions, could prove useful in assessing Chinese air capabilities," Clad said.

Looks like some sour grapes are still trying to comfort themselves. We call this AQ in China.

 

[no_name]

I wonder if PLAAF Su-27s will get to exercise with Mig-29s from other countries. Could be an opportunity to learn about the aircraft.

 

[siegecrossbow]

I wonder if PLAAF Su-27s will get to exercise with Mig-29s from other countries. Could be an opportunity to learn about the aircraft.

It really shouldn't be that hard. North Korea operates the MIG-29s so perhaps we could trade J-10s for MIG-29s no?

 

[Stealth_fighter]

any pics of the exercise..ne1 please?

 

[siegecrossbow]

The 8-0 loss has been officially debunked by the PLAAF:

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[no_name]

PLAAF Su-27 stopping over in Iran enroute to Turkey:

 

[applesauce]

It really shouldn't be that hard. North Korea operates the MIG-29s so perhaps we could trade J-10s for MIG-29s no?

i think food would serve them better, 30 mils worth of rice for 2 mig-29s

 

[houshanghai]

 

[TurkishCyprus]

Konya Air Base is the most developed Air base in the world:
If you fly a little, you see huge lake; Salt Lake
If you fly a little, you see huge sea; Mediterranean
If you fly a little, you see huge mountains; Taurus.
One experiences all types of weather conditions, depending on the direction he chooses.

Also, Konya Air Base has most advanced Electronic-War facilities for fighter jets.

Turkey produced Kasirga rockets in cooperation with China.

Welcome, Chinese fighter jet pilots...
Turkey is generous to present you the most developed training air base facility it owns.

See you in 2011 Anatolian Eagle, we look forward to see this time J-20 instead of Su-27.

 

[Archdemon]

^^Man you and your bullshit! "most developed Air base in the world"?
children with severe retardation can articulate themselves better than you do...