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The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965

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The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965
AuthorP V S Jagan Mohan & Samir Chopra
LanguageEnglish
GenreAviation, History
Published30 June 2005 Manohar Publishers
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages378 p.
ISBN81-7304-641-7

The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965 is a 2005 aviation history book written by PVS Jagan Mohan and Samir Chopra. The book deals with the Indian Air Force's role in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that started on 1 September 1965 and came to an end on 23 September 1965.

Background

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The air war was one of the last in which classic turning dogfights took place between the two belligerents. The Pakistan Air Force employed largely American hardware. The North American F-86 Sabre, the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and the Martin B-57 Canberra (based on the British aircraft the English Electric Canberra). The Indian Air Force employed British, French & Russian aircraft like the Hawker Hunter, Folland Gnat, Canberra, de Havilland Vampire, MiG-21 and Dassault Mystere

The book describes the day-to-day operations of the Indian Air Force and is the first detailed account of the airwar from the Indian side.

Reviews

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Some reviews of the Book are available on the authors' web site at BharatRakshak.com.

Further reading

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