Ka cika wannan magana: A ƙarshen shekara ta 1971, Gnat ya zama abokin hamayya mai ban haushi ga Sabre mai girma, mai nauyi da kuma tsofaffi. An kira Gnat a matsayin "Sabre Slayer" ta IAF tun lokacin da yawancin yaƙe-yaƙe "kashe" a lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe biyu sun kasance a kan Sabres duk da cewa Canadair Sabre Mk 6 ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin mafi kyawun kare na zamanin sa. Dabaru sun bukaci Gnats ya dauki Sabres a fagen daga, inda Sabres ke cikin rashin amfani. Tun da Gnat yana da sauƙi kuma yana da siffa, yana da wuya a gan shi, musamman a ƙananan matakan da yawancin yaƙe-yaƙe na karnuka suka faru. Baya ga ayyukan tsaro na iska, a cikin
Yakin 'Yanci na Bangladesh, Gnats ya tashi ayyukan anti-shipping, harin ƙasa, fashewa / jigilar jigilar kaya da ayyukan tallafi na iska.