Windjammer
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Why don't you put in the numbers yourself and educate us?? Also if we go by war strategy then India's strategy was defensive in west and offensive in east...So do take that into account once you share numbers with us...
The fact that a single squadron of obsolete F-86s stationed in East Pakistan, faced the fury of Ten IAF Squadrons based in that sector, three of them equipped with MIG-21s the rest made up of SU-7s, Gnats, Hunters and Canberas. The solitary PAF Squadron was grounded within 48 hours of the hostilities due to single runway rendered non-operational. In two days of operations No.14 Squadron still managed to shoot down 11 IAF aircraft including 2 MIG-21s. Once the unit was grounded, the IAF had no air opposition and went in gung ho, but failed to destroy even one of the grounded Sabres but lost lost another 17 aircraft due to ground fire. The story in the Western theater was the opposite where the PAF was carrying the war to India .