Parwinder Sandhu

New Delhi, Dec 10 (UNI) Marking a moment of wartime history, the Indian Air Force on Wednesday shared a set of archival photographs on X, offering a rare glimpse into air operations conducted inside East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) during the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

The images capture the strikes executed during IAF’s early battlefield actions in the Western Front offensive.

The 1971 war between India and Pakistan broke out on December 3 after Pakistan launched pre-emptive air strikes on multiple Indian air bases, even as the turmoil in East Pakistan intensified. The 13-day conflict concluded on December 16 with the surrender of nearly 93,000 Pakistani troops, marking one of the largest military surrenders since World War II and leading to the birth of Bangladesh as an indepe

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