Ka cika wannan jumlar: A ƙarshen shekara ta 1971, ƙaruwar 'yancin kai a Gabashin Pakistan ta dā ya kai ga Yaƙin 'Yantar da Bangladesh tsakanin Indiya da Pakistan. A ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, 1971, kwanaki 10 kafin fara cikakken yakin basasa, jiragen sama hudu na PAF F-86 Sabre sun kai hari kan Indiya da Mukti Bahini a Garibpur, kusa da iyakar kasa da kasa. An harbe biyu daga cikin PAF Sabres huɗu kuma ɗayan ya lalace ta Folland Gnats na IAF. A ranar 3 ga Disamba, Indiya a hukumance
ya ayyana yaƙi da Pakistan bayan manyan hare-haren da PAF ta kai kan sansanonin Sojojin Sama na Indiya a Srinagar, Ambala, Sirsa, Halwara da Jodhpur. Koyaya, IAF ba ta sha wahala sosai ba saboda shugabancin ya yi tsammanin irin wannan matakin kuma an dauki matakan kariya. Sojojin saman Indiya sun yi saurin amsawa ga hare-haren jiragen saman Pakistan, bayan haka PAF ta gudanar da hare-haren tsaro.