Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen 1971, ƙaruwar motsi na 'yancin kai a Gabashin Pakistan ya haifar da Yakin' Yancin Bangladesh tsakanin Indiya da Pakistan. A ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, 1971, kwanaki 10 kafin fara cikakken yaki, 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 watan Disamba, Indiya ta sanar da yaki a hukumance
a kan Pakistan biyo 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.