K8飞机是基于国际设计标准研发的基础教练机。该机采用串座、下单翼、两侧进气、前三点式起落架布局、配装TFE731-2A-2A涡轮风扇发动机，具有飞行品质优良、可靠性高、维护性好、全寿命费用低等特点。
K8飞机主要用于飞行员的基础培训和部分高级培训，装备的平显、多功能显示器、视频摄录系统实现了综合显示和控制功能，可完成起落航线、夜航、特技、编队、失速/尾旋飞行等训练科目以及空对地和空对空武器攻击训练，是理想的新一代喷气式基础/高级教练机，近十年占全球同类机型出口贸易总额的80%以上。
K8 aircraft is a basic trainer developed on the base of the international design standard. It has the layout of tandem-seat, low wing, fuselage-side air intakes and tricycle landing gear. It is powered by a TFE731-2A-2A turbo-fan engine and has the characters of perfect flight quality, good maintainability and low cost of all life.
K8 basic trainer is mainly used for pilot to perform all basic and partial advanced trains. After being equipped with HUD, MFD and video recorder system, K8 realized the functions of displaying and being controlled synthetically, and now it can accomplish flight training subjects such as traffic pattern flight, night flight, aerobatic flight, formation flight, stall, spin, etc. and weapon training subjects such as A-G & A-A attack. So K8 is an ideal new generation basic/advanced jet trainer. Over the past decade, K8 basic trainer already covered 80% of the total export turnover of the same type aircraft all over the world.