Venezuela inducts nine Hongdu K-8W into service Posted on April 10, 2016April 10, 2016 by alert5 At a ceremony officiated by Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, the Venezuelan Air Force inducted nine Hongdu K-8W into service on Apr. 6. Photos: ABM Three days later, another three K-8Ws were delivered to the country. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Venezuela to spend $480 million for 12 Su-30s Pakistan inducts Chinese AEW&C into service Venezuela to buy 2nd batch of K-8s from China Putin: Russia to double production of ballistic missile systems in 2013 Australia commissions two CH-47Fs into service Iran claims to have tested ‘world’s fastest cruise missile’