Today, 7th September is celebrated as air force day in Pakistan, On 6 September, both countries openly went to war following a series of minor skirmishes that preceded the 6th, when Pakistan was attacked by India from the Lahore-Burki sector during the dead of night (at 5 am). Pakistan Air Force gained a lot of credibility and reliability among Pakistan military and international war writers for successful defence of lahore and other important areas of Pakistan and heavy retaliation to India on the next day. The alertness of the airforce was also related to the fact that some pilots were scrambled 6 times in less than an hour on indication of Indian air raids. Almost 50 years later, some sane heads in India decided to indulge into some introspection, following are some extracts from an article by Shekhar Gupta, published in Indian Express under the heading,
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 06:35:00 +0000
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