INDO-PAK WAR of 1965 - Aerial Warfare
Aerial warfare Main article: Aerial warfare in 1965 India Pakistan War Further information: Indian Air Force#Second Kashmir War 1965 and Pakistan Air Force#Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 The war saw aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) engaging in combat for the first time since independence. Though the two forces had previously faced off in the First Kashmir War during the late 1940s, that engagement was very limited in scale compared to the 1965 conflict. The IAF was flying large numbers of Hawker Hunter , Indian-manufactured Folland Gnats , de Havilland Vampires , EE Canberra bombers and a squadron of MiG-21s . The PAF's fighter force comprised 102 F-86F Sabres and 12 F-104 Starfighters , along with 24 B-57 Canberra bombers . During the conflict the PAF was out-numbered by around 5:1. [ 19 ] The PAF's aircraft were largely...