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On 06 September 1965, Pakistan decided to launch aerial attacks on several Indian air bases. The plan was ambitious but various difficulties limited the number of available aircraft. Sarghoda airbase was able to launch only six F-86 Sabres divided in two groups against two different Indian bases. The first group, led by the famous M.M. Alam encountered four Indian Hunters on their way to the target.
The second group led by Sarfaraz Rafiqui, the double Vampire killer from the first aerial batlle of the war reached the destination, but couldn't find the enemy airfield due to low light conditions. They however found two Indian Hunters in the air.
Main sources:- Bharat Rakshak - The India Pakistan Air War of 1965 - Chapter 3: Air Attack – Outbreak of the War (Sept 1-6th)
bharat-rakshak.com/iaf/history/1965war/book/chapter03-2
- Kaiser Tufail - Aeronaut Blog - Theirs But to Do and Die
kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2008/11/theirs-but-to-do-and-die.html
- FLIGHT OF THE FALCON: Demolishing myths of Indo-Pak wars 1965 & 1971 - Story of a Fighter Pilot
amzn.to/40FAuGe
- Battle for Pakistan: The air war of 1965
amzn.to/3NSBfEv
- The Official Indian History of the 1965 War
- Flashpoints: Air Warfare in the Cold Waramzn.to/3AAVZgN
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Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300029Artist: incompetech.com/#militaryaviationhistory
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On 06 September 1965, Pakistan decided to launch aerial attacks on several Indian air bases. The plan was ambitious but various difficulties limited the number of available aircraft. Sarghoda airbase was able to launch only six F-86 Sabres divided in two groups against two different Indian bases. The first group, led by the famous M.M. Alam encountered four Indian Hunters on their way to the target.
The second group led by Sarfaraz Rafiqui, the double Vampire killer from the first aerial batlle of the war reached the destination, but couldn't find the enemy airfield due to low light conditions. They however found two Indian Hunters in the air.
Main sources:- Bharat Rakshak - The India Pakistan Air War of 1965 - Chapter 3: Air Attack – Outbreak of the War (Sept 1-6th)
bharat-rakshak.com/iaf/history/1965war/book/chapter03-2
- Kaiser Tufail - Aeronaut Blog - Theirs But to Do and Die
kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/2008/11/theirs-but-to-do-and-die.html
- FLIGHT OF THE FALCON: Demolishing myths of Indo-Pak wars 1965 & 1971 - Story of a Fighter Pilot
amzn.to/40FAuGe
- Battle for Pakistan: The air war of 1965
amzn.to/3NSBfEv
- The Official Indian History of the 1965 War
- Flashpoints: Air Warfare in the Cold Waramzn.to/3AAVZgN
Support the channel on Patreon:patreon.com/showtime112
Donate via Paypal:paypal.com/paypalme/showtime112
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Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300029Artist: incompetech.com/#militaryaviationhistory
#indopakwar #indianairforce
