<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vazhinji An-8s yakavakwa akashumira Soviet Air Forces, pamwe An-8s maviri kushandiswa kunyika mauto chaiwo kutora Plzeň yendege panguva  <response>: Kupinda muCzechoslovakia muna 1968. Dzimwe dzaishandiswa seendege dzinoshandiswa pakuongorora zvinhu zvemagetsi, uye imwe ndege yaishandiswa kuongorora mhepo pashure pekuedzwa kwenyukireya neChina muna 1966. Vakaramba vari pamwero mukuru kushandiswa pamusoro pamberi mabasa muchiuto muna Soviet Air Force kusvikira 1970s, apo vazhinji vakazotamiswa kuna Aeroflot kushandiswa sezvo vatakuri. Zvichitevera dzakatevedzana tsaona mukutanga kuma1990, ari An-8 akanga vakabviswa kushandiswa muRussia. Izvi hazvina kureva kuguma An-8, zvisinei, sezvo nhamba vakatengeswa mhiri kwemakungwa pamwe ndege shoma akacherechedza kubhururuka kuMiddle East, uye kusvikira ichangopfuura, muAfrica, kunyanya Liberia, DR Congo uye Angola, kunyanya vendege chokuita Russian muzvinabhizimisi uye mhosva zvombo munyengeri Viktor Bout, pasinei Antonov kuva akabvisa airworthiness chitupa uye rutsigiro mhando muna 2004, kugumisa pamutemo kushandiswa ndege. 