Eighteen Z-8F 13-Ton class Helicopters ordered by the PAP

The newly ordered Z-8Fs will serve under the PAP Forest Headquarter at Daqing (here).The Z-8F is an improved civilian variant of the standard PLAN naval transport helicopter which has been in service since the late 1980s. Improvements over the standard Z-8 model include three Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B turboshaft engines (rearward-canted exhausts), new composite rotor blades (with optional