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Chinese Y-9 Transport Aircraft

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Via @航空工业陕飞 from Weixin
 
Do you know why the Y-8Q Maritime Patrol Aircraft is based on the Y-8 and not the Y-9?
Most likely because it was designed prior to the Y-9s arrival ... the Y-9 is a fairly new aircraft in the PLAAF inventory, having only entered service in 2012.
 
Most likely because it was designed prior to the Y-9s arrival ... the Y-9 is a fairly new aircraft in the PLAAF inventory, having only entered service in 2012.


The KQ-200 - and not Y-8 ASW - is in fact based on the Y-9 airframe or better to say the Y-8 Cat. III. This was used as the basis for the KJ-200 AEW without the rear ramp but the new aerodynamic changes, new engines and especially front and only later evolved into the true Y-9 transport. De facto all varaints from the Y-8GX-5 (KJ-500) are using this airframe.
 
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