01365nam a22001697a 4500999001900000008004100019100002600060245005100086260002000137300004000157520080000197650004800997773002001045906000801065942000701073952011501080  c519997d519997220531b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKumar, Bharat 933330  aThe Indian air force in the 1971 Indo-Pak war   aU.S.I Journal    a151(626), Oct-Dec, 2021: p. 571-583  aThe Indian Air Force (IAF) played a decisive role in the Indo-Pak War of 1971. In line with their strategy, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) deployed only one F-86 squadron in East Pakistan. Resultantly, the IAF was able to attain air supremacy by 06 December 1971 in the Eastern Sector and could meet ground operations requirements, projected by the army, fully and even exceeded them wherever and whenever the situation so demanded. In the West, India made deliberate attempts to lure the PAF into aerial combat in Pakistani Territory but the PAF did not bite the bait. The article covers all types of missions carried out by the IAF, with greater stress on the operations in the Eastern Sector. It also covers the innovations done and flexibility shown by the IAF in the 1971 war. – Reproduced   aIndian air force, 1971 Indo-Pak war 933331  aU.S.I Journal    aWAR  cAR  00102ddc40709394069aIIPAbIIPAd2022-05-31h151(626), Oct-Dec, 2021: p. 571-583pAR126724r2022-05-31yAR