Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - Ko te nuinga o nga An-8s i hangaia i mahi i roto i te Soviet Air Forces, me te rua An-8s i whakamahia ki te whenua i nga ope motuhake ki te hopu i te taunga rererangi o Plzeň i te whakaekenga o Czechoslovakia
i te tau 1968. Ko etahi atu i whakamahia hei rererangi tirotiro hiko, ana ko tetahi rererangi i whakamahia mo te tango tauira rangi whai muri i te whakamatautau karihi a Haina i te tau 1966. I haere tonu ratou i te whakamahinga nui i runga i nga mahi hoia o mua i roto i te Soviet Air Force tae noa ki te 1970, i te wa i tukuna ai te nuinga ki Aeroflot hei whakamahi hei kaipuke. I muri i te raupapa o ngā aitua i roto i te 1990s wawe, i tangohia te An-8 i te whakamahi i roto i Russia. Ehara tenei i te mutunga o te An-8, i te mea i hokona te maha ki tawahi me etahi rererangi i kitea e rere ana i te Middle East, tae noa ki enei ra, i Awherika, (ina koa Liberia), DR Congo me Angola, (ina koa nga kamupene rererangi e pa ana ki te kaipakihi pakihi a Ruhia me te kaihoko patu i whiua a Viktor Bout), ahakoa kua tangohia e Antonov te tiwhikete rererangi me te tautoko mo te momo i te 2004, ka mutu te whakamahinga ture o te waka rererangi.