Hongdu JL-8 - Operators

Operators

Bolivia

• Bolivian Air Force - 6 JL-8VB

Egypt

• Egyptian Air Force - 118 K-8E (80 assembled from Chinese-supplied kits + 40 manufactured in Egypt - 2 crashed)

Ghana

• Ghana Air Force - 4

Myanmar

• Myanmar Armed Forces - 12× K-8 delivered with additional 48 on order.

Namibia

• Namibian Air Force - 12

Pakistan

• Pakistan Air Force - currently operates 60 K-8 aircraft (12 K-8s and 48 K-8Ps), which serve as intermediate jet trainers with the No. 1 Fighter Conversion Unit, Mianwali and as basic jet trainers with the Pakistan Air Force Academy, Risalpur. Another 32 K-8Ps are on order as of January 2012.

People's Republic of China

• People's Liberation Army Air Force - 190× JL-8 delivered as of February 2011, out of 400 ordered.

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Air Force - 5× K-8 delivered with additional 2 on order.

Sudan

• Sudanese Air Force - 12

Venezuela

• Venezuelan Air Force - 17

Zambia

• Zambian Defence Force - 15

Zimbabwe

• Air Force of Zimbabwe - 11

Morocco

• Royal Moroccan Air Force - 20