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SAC Y-8

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High wing transporter with four turboprop engines. Latest version designated Y-8F200WB.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboprop

Application

Cargo, Military transport, Surveillance

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

Bleed air

Pressurisation

Pressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

Engine-bleed air-cycle

Configuration & certification

Wing position

High

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

continued

Certification

Military

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
SAC Y-8 F200WB	/		Current military transport variant.
SAC Y-8	1972 / 1974		Production: 3 (2025) Three Y-8F-200WA aircraft (tails #04, #05, #06) were delivered to the National Guard of Kazakhstan in 2025, bringing the total under the 2018 contract to six of eight. Two further aircraft (#07, #08) remained undelivered as of the reporting date. [medium]. Derived from Antonov An-12.
SAC Y-8 F600	2008 / 2008	2009	Civilian transport variant with redesigned fuselage and two-person crew; production ended, and then variant turned into Y-9.

Airframer

AVIC Aircraft Corporation (was Shaanxi Aircraft Industry)

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