Musi wa22 Mbudzi 1971, mazuva gumi isati yatanga hondo yakazara, ndege ina dzePAF F-86 Sabre dzakarwisa nzvimbo dzeIndia neMukti Bahini paGaribpur, padyo nemuganhu wepasi rose. Maviri eF Sabres mana akapfurwa pasi uye imwe yakakuvadzwa neFolland Gnats yeIAF. Musi wa3 Zvita, India yakazivisa zviri pamutemo hondo nePakistan zvichitevera kurwiswa kukuru kwePAF kurwisa zvivakwa zveIndia Air Force muSrinagar, Ambala, Sirsa, Karawara uye Jodhpur. Zvisinei, IAF haina kutambura zvakanyanya nekuti hutungamiriri hwaive hwakatarisira kufamba kwakadai uye matanho ekudzivirira akatorwa. IAF yakakurumidza kupindura kurwisa kweArmy yeArabia yePakistan, iyo yaive yakanyanya kurwisa zvivakwa zveIndia neMukti Bahini paGaribpur, padyo nemuganhu wepasi rose.
Pakistan