Bayan yakin 1965, IAF ta sami sauye-sauye da yawa don inganta damarta. A cikin 1966, an kirkiro rundunar Para Commandos. Don haɓaka kayan aikinta da ƙarfin ayyukan ceto, IAF ta ƙaddamar da 72 HS 748s wanda Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) ya gina a ƙarƙashin lasisi daga Avro. Indiya ta fara sanya ƙarin damuwa kan masana'antar kera jiragen sama. A sakamakon haka, HAL HF-24 Marut, wanda mashahurin injiniyan injiniyan injiniya na Jamus Kurt Tank ya tsara, an ƙaddamar da shi a cikin sojojin sama. HAL kuma ya fara haɓaka ingantaccen sigar Folland Gnat, wanda aka sani da HAL Ajeet. A lokaci guda, IAF kuma ta fara ƙaddamar da mayakan Soviet na Mach 2 MiG-21 da Su-7i. Tambaya: Wanene ya fara ƙaddamar da mayakan Soviet na Su-7i da MiG-21?
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