By Reuters reported on October 9, Turkish media first reported that September 20 to October 4, China and Turkey in the Turkish Air Force Air Force Base in central Kenya to participate in the code-named "the Anatolia Maria Eagle "joint military exercises, and simulated aerial melee combat subjects.

For participating in the exercise of military aircraft models, Turkey, Iran and other media reports vary, for example, the Turkish media reported that the Turkish Air Force F-16 participating in the exercise, while China sent a Soviet MiG -27 and -29 participating.

But the immediate authority of the military experts pointed out that the reported flaw: The Chinese Air Force fighter aircraft are not equipped with MiG -29, or the Chinese Air Force is not participating, or is to participate in the same time, "Anatolia Maria Eagle," the Bulgarian Air Force MiG -29 mistaken for the Chinese air force.

There are fans in the military, "Jane's Defense Weekly" fierce dispute the official line that the Russian Air Force will not allow the Chinese air force fighter planes to Turkey participating for fear that would reveal the secrets of Russian-made fighters. And this is possible to determine, because the engine of China's advanced fighters still have to import from Russia, so the use of Russian aircraft in China there is still some right to speak.

Many U.S. experts believe that this exercise is the beginning of the Air Force trying to expeditionary capabilities.

Alexandria, Virginia, CNA, director of community relations with China, David - Stan Fink Lean said this was the first time the Chinese Air Force held joint military exercises with NATO member states: "The Chinese Air Force is expeditionary combat training."

However, more U.S. military observers thought that the exercise does not tell too many problems, but rather the wonders and mysteries hidden behind the more worth pondering:

The first possibility is bargaining between Turkey and NATO and Israel. Although Turkey is a NATO member, but the EU and the United States in recent years its has been just far enough to guard against the Turkish "semi-military government," and now the government at every turn by the United States and the European Union labeled as "pro-religious extremists," the hat and tensions with Israel was canceled because of the many joint military exercises this year. In this case, the "intolerable" the Turkish sword altogether easy road, the Air Force held joint military exercises with China, in fact, want to pressure NATO and Israel.

The second is that Turkey really want to further improve relations with China, because the bilateral trade volume between China and Turkey is expected to surge in 2015 to 500 billion U.S. dollars, and forging new strategic partnership. Military relations between China and Turkey, both sides also developed rapidly.

A third possibility was that NATO wanted the Turkish Air Force's combat capability of Chinese fishing secrets. 2007 to 2009 served as the Pentagon's assistant secretary of defense for Asian affairs, James, now serving in the United States National Defense University - Clyde said that the Turkish government in Xinjiang, the Chinese government criticized the government "will not soon be over", so the hand, Turkey joint military exercise is to get the correct information on NATO's assessment of the Chinese Air Force combat effectiveness, tactics and electronic warfare capabilities more useful.