Mushure meHondo ye1965, IAF yakaita shanduko dzinoverengeka kuti ivandudze kugona kwayo. Muna 1966, Para Commandos regiment yakasikwa. Kuwedzera kugona kwayo kwekugovera uye kununura mashandiro, IAF yakatanga 72 HS 748s iyo yakavakwa neHindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) pasi pe rezinesi kubva kuAvro. India yakatanga kuisa kusimbisa kwakawanda mukugadzirwa kwemuno kwendege dzehondo. Nekuda kweizvozvo, HAL HF-24 Marut, yakagadzirwa neanozivikanwa wechiGerman aerospace injinjiniya Kurt Tank, yakaiswa muuto rehondo. HAL yakatangawo kugadzira shanduro yakavandudzwa yeFolland Gnat, inozivikanwa seHAL Ajeet. Panguva imwecheteyo, IAF yakatangawo kuisa Mach 2 vanokwanisa Soviet MiG-21 uye Su-7i varwi. Mubvunzo: Ndiani akatanga kuisa Sukkhoi Su-7 uye Soviet MiG-21 varwi?
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