Last Thursday, a Chinese airport Shaanxi Lyuygu (Chang town) made a demonstration flight military transport plane Y-8F-200WA, built aircraft factory Shaanxi Aircraft Company commissioned by the War Department in Kazakhstan, According bmpd.
Modification of the Y-8F-200 differs from the basic version in the extended 220 see fuselage. Sam Y-8 is a licensed analogue of the Soviet Antonov An-12, which is made 1974 of the year.
According to Chinese media, at an event attended by representatives of China's aviation industry, as well as members of the delegation from Kazakhstan.
Planes are designed for both military and commercial operations, transporting personnel, medical evacuation, relief goods. Deliveries are to be completed in 2019 year, the number of aircraft ordered is not specified.
This is the first delivery of Y-8 member States of the CIS.
reported, that Kazakhstan became the third foreign buyer of this family of aircraft in the transport configuration. AT 2012-2013 Eight years have received similar transport Venezuelan Air Force. AT 2016 year 2 aircraft Y-8F-200W were delivered to the military authorities in Myanmar (in the early '90s the country has also received 5 modification planes Y-8D).
