January 26, 2010: Following its leftist allies lead, Bolivia has ordered six K-8 trainer aircraft from China. Venezuela paid about $25 million each for theirs, but it's not known what Bolivia will pay. China has exported K-8s to several other countries (often at bargain prices), including Myanmar (Burma). Bolivia wants to use the K-8 as a light strike aircraft (against rebels and drug gangs), with secondary duty as a trainer. Also being purchased are ten Mi-17 transport helicopters.

2010年1月26日：在它的盟友委内瑞拉引领之后，玻利维亚已经从中国订购六架K-8教练机。委内瑞拉大约支付二千五百万美元，但是不知道玻利维亚将会什么时候支付。中国已经外销K-8到一些其他的国家（时常以廉价），包括缅甸。玻利维亚使用K-8当作一种轻型攻击机（对付反政府人员和毒品团伙），次要职责是当作训练用。也购买十架Mi-17运输直升飞机。

The K-8 (also called JL-8) is a 4.3 ton, two seat, jet trainer. It uses American, Chinese or Ukrainian engines. Originally, China was going to just use a 3600 pound thrust American engines. But after the 1989 Chinese crackdown on pro-democracy forces, the United States cut off the supply of engines. This encouraged China to design a similar engine (the WS-11). But China has had a hard time mastering the precise technologies and manufacturing techniques needed to build jet engines. So it has been buying the Ukrainian AI-25TLK, while it works to perfect its own engine design.

K-8（也叫做JL-8）是4.3吨、双座、喷气教练机。它使用美国、中国国产或乌克兰的发动机。本来，中国将仅仅采用3600磅推力的美国发动机。但是在1989年中美关系急剧冷却，美国切断发动机供应。这激励中国设计一种相似的发动机（WS-11）。但是中国需要克服精密技术和制造技术需求去制造喷气发动机，因此已经购买乌克兰AI-25TLK型，同时工作是去完善自己的发动机。

The K-8 has a cruising speed of 800 kilometers an hour, endurance of four hours and five hard points. It can carry a 23mm cannon in the hard point under the fuselage, and half a ton of bombs, rockets or missiles, from the four hard points on the wings. This gives the aircraft combat capability, at least against a foe with few anti-aircraft weapons. Electronics on the JL-8 are minimal, as it's basically a two seat trainer, to prepare fighter pilots before they climb into anything from an F-16 to Su-30s.

K-8巡航速度800公里/小时，续飞能力四个小时和五个挂点。它能在机身下挂点携带一门23毫米机炮，并在机翼下的四个挂点携带半吨炸弹、火箭或导弹。这提供给飞机战斗能力，至少对付一个有少量防空武器的敌方。在JL-8上的电子设备极少，如同它基本上是一种双座教练机一样，在飞行员去驾驶任何从F-16到Su-30飞机之前训练他们。