Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakupera kwa1971, kuwedzera kworusununguko muEast Pakistan kwakatungamirira kuHondo Yokusunungura Bangladesh pakati peIndia nePakistan. Musi wa22 Mbudzi 1971, mazuva gumi pamberi pekutanga kwehondo yakazara, ndege ina dzePAF F-86 Sabre dzakarwisa nzvimbo dzeIndia neMukti Bahini kuGaribpur, padyo nemuganhu wepasi rose. Vaviri vevane PAF Sabres vakapfurwa pasi uye mumwe akakuvadzwa neIAF's Folland Gnats. Musi waDecember 3, India yakanyoresa zviri pamutemo
kwakazivisa hondo kurwisana nePakistan zvichitevera kurwisa kukuru kwePAF kurwisa zvivako zveIndia Air Force muSrinagar, Ambala, Sirsa, Halwara neJodhpur. Zvisinei, IAF haina kutambura zvikuru nemhaka yokuti utungamiriri hwakanga hwafanoona kufamba kwakadaro uye ngwariro dzakatorwa. Mauto Emuchadenga eIndia akakurumidza kupindura kurwisa kwemhepo kwePakistan, zvichitevera izvo PAF yakaita zvakanyanya kuzvidzivirira.