Category: The India-Pakistan War 1965
The Bharat-Rakshak site salutes the air veterans of the 1965 India-Pakistan War. We will be featuring articles and stories in the war including excerpts from the book “India-Pakistan Air War of 1965” over the coming months to commemorate the 50th year anniversary of the conflict.
Chapter 4: The Reply – Air Battles of September 7th
By the night of September 4th, there was no doubt that full scale war has…
Chapter 3: Air Attack – Outbreak of the War (Sept 1-6th)
Operation GIBRALTER, as the Pakistanis called it, was a brilliant plan. It was the brainchild of…
Chapter 2: Preliminaries – The line up and Rann of Kutch
Following the defeat in the China war, the Indian Govt. gave a free hand for the…
Chapter 1: The IAF in the Preliminary Years
INTRODUCTION – THE IAF IN ITS PRELIMINARY YEARS The Indian Air Force (IAF) was officially born on 08 October 1932, when…
The day the PAF got away
In war, much often hangs on a knife-edge. As this piece by Air Marshal Raghavendran shows,…