Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A ƙarshen 1971, ƙaruwar motsi na 'yanci a tsohuwar Gabashin Pakistan ya haifar da Yakin Ceto 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 Disamba, Indiya a hukumance ta 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 sama na Pakistan, bayan haka PAF ta gudanar da hare-haren kare kai. A cikin makonni biyu na farko, IAF ta gudanar da kusan hare-haren sama 12,000 a Gabashin Pakistan kuma ta kuma ba da tallafin iska ga sojojin Indiya masu ci gaba. IAF ta kuma taimaka wa Sojojin ruwan Indiya a ayyukanta a kan Sojojin ruwan Pakistan da Hukumar Tsaron Jirgin Ruwa a Bay of Bengal da Tekun Larabawa. A yammacin gaba, IAF ta lalata fiye da tankuna 20 na Pakistan, APCs 4 da jirgin jigilar kayayyaki a lokacin yakin Longewala. IAF ta gudanar da harin bam na dabarun Yammacin Pakistan ta hanyar kai hare-hare kan wuraren mai a Karachi, da Mangla Dam da kuma tashar iskar gas a Sindh. An kuma tura irin wannan dabarar a Gabashin Pakistan kuma yayin da IAF ta sami cikakkiyar fifiko a sararin samaniya a gabashin gabashin, masana'antun kayan aiki, tituna, da sauran mahimman yankuna na Gabashin Pakistan sun lalace sosai. A lokacin da sojojin Pakistan suka mika wuya, IAF ta lalata Jirgin Sama na PAF 94  Tambaya: A wace shekara ne aka kai harin?
Shekara ta 1971