Nyorai mberi nokuda ndima iyi - The Indian Air Force (IAF) akashandisa Su-7 zvikuru muhondo 1971 pamwe Pakistan
. Mapoka matanhatu, anosvika ndege 140, akabhururuka ndege dzinenge 1 500 dzehondo munguva yehondo, uye akaita basa guru rokurwisa masikati. IAF yakakwanisa kuchengeta mwero wakakwirira zvikuru wokushanda neSu-7 dzayo, dzichisvika pamwero wokubhururuka kwechitanhatu mutyairi mumwe nomumwe pazuva. Zviuru gumi nezvina Su-7s vakarasikirwa munguva yehondo, kunyanya nokuda AA moto. Pashure pehondo, zvakaonekwa kuti ndege yacho yakanga ine kugona kupukunyuka kwakakwirira, ichikwanisa kubhururuka kuenda kumba zvakachengeteka pasinei nokukuvadzwa zvikuru. Somuenzaniso, Wing Commander H. S. Mangat's Su-7 yakakuvadzwa zvikuru negomba reSidewinder rakapfurwa nePakistan Air Force J-6. Kuputika kwacho kwakanga kwakakomba kwazvo zvokuti hafu yechidzitiro chedhiraivho yakanga isipo, vanosimudza ndege, vanokwira ndege, uye vanokwira ndege vakakuvadzwa zvakakomba, uye hafu yenyukireya yakasungirirwa mupombi yeparachuti. Mutyairi wendege akakwanisa kudzokera kunzvimbo yake.