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 kan iyakar kasa da kasa. An harbe biyu daga cikin Sabres hudu na PAF kuma daya ya lalace ta hanyar Folland Gnats na IAF. A ranar 3 ga Disamba, Indiya ta ayyana yaki a hukumance a kan Pakistan bayan manyan hare-haren da PAF ta yi a kan kamfanonin jiragen sama na Indiya a Srinagar, Ambala, Sirsa, Karawara da Jodhpur. Duk da haka, IAF ba ta sha wahala sosai ba saboda shugabancin ya yi tsammanin irin wannan motsi kuma an dauki matakan kariya.
Shekara ta 1971