Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupera kwa1971, kusimba kwerusununguko muyaichimbova East Pakistan kwakatungamirira kuHondo yeRusununguko yeBangladesh 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 yakamuzivisa zvepamutemo hondo
Kurwisana nePakistan zvichitevera kurwisa kukuru kwePAF kunopesana neIndia Air Force zvivakwa 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.