IAF commemorates three military actions of 1971 India

The Indian Air Force today commemorated three vital ‘military actions’ in which it was involved during the 1971 war with Pakistan.

All three actions happened in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Today, the IAF hosted an event at Mohanbari in Assam to commemorate the Tangail Airdrop of paratroopers; the crossing of the Meghna river using helicopters; the attack by fighter jets on Government House at Dhaka.

A flying display recreated key missions of the 1971 war. The Sukhoi-30 MKI mimicked the ‘angle of attack’ of the MiG-21 and the Hawker Hunter planes of that era. The C-130J special operations plane and the AN-32 plane displayed how the Army’s 2 Parachute Regiment was air-dropped at Tangail. The crossing of the Meghna river that transported troops of the Army’s 4 Corps using helicopters was