Kupera kwa1971, kurwisana kwokuda kuzvimiririra kweEast Pakistan kwakawedzera zvikaita kuti pave neHondo 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 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.