Indian air chief admits Pak’s rule in 1965’s airspace

[P.K.]

Indian Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said on Thursday the Indian Air Force (IAF) is “imbibing lessons they learnt” from the 1965 Indo-Pak war and operations in last five decades.

Addressing students and war heroes at the felicitation ceremony of war heroes at La Martiniere College on Thursday, Raha said, “The 1965 conflict was forced up on India at a time of heaviest odds against the IAF. The force was then in the process of rebuilding itself to take on the new challenges.”

Raha elaborated that during that time, Pakistan had joined the SEATO and CENTO, also known as the Baghdad Pact and reaped benefits of this relationship with the Western world.

“The Americans gave them large number of weapon systems, and the PAF especially got large number of fighter and bomber aircraft like F-104 star fighter, F-86 Sabre and the Canberra bombers. They also acquired sophisticated air defence radars, got a lot of aid wears in size (which the fighters are armed with). Combined with these advanced fighters, bombers, missiles and air defence systems, PAF had an exceptional air force which was trained and equipped better and was extremely capable,” said Raha.

On the other hand, IAF had a large number of vintage fleets. “These aircraft had done well during their service and had become legacy of equipment like Vampires and Mysteres. Also, we didn’t have missiles which gave a definite edge to the PAF. But one thing that proved well during this conflict was that you may have good machines and equipment but what matters is the men behind machines and that’s why we have so many these war veterans who excelled during adversaries,” said Raha.

On the occasion, the air chief marshal recalled IAF’s contribution to thwart Pakistan Army’s armour thrust in Chhamb-Jaurian Sector in 1965 war which resulted in failure of operation Grand Slam aimed at cutting off J&K from India.

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[RazorMC]

On the other hand, IAF had a large number of vintage fleets. “These aircraft had done well during their service and had become legacy of equipment like Vampires and Mysteres. Also, we didn’t have missiles which gave a definite edge to the PAF. But one thing that proved well during this conflict was that you may have good machines and equipment but what matters is the men behind machines and that’s why we have so many these war veterans who excelled during adversaries,” said Raha

Really learnt well from PAF.

 

[Goenitz]

Pak had technical advantage...but IAF had mig 21 too? anyway any member... were there any starfighter in east pakistan ? bcz our sabers did the bombing mission there destrying parked cannibers..

moreoevr its best to accept the reality as it is.. good speech

 

[Areesh]

anyway any member... were there any starfighter in east pakistan ?

Nope. There were no F104 in the east.

 

[I S I]

Typical indian crying: 'we had shitty weapons with best man at that time while Pak had American aid & still ruling over the skies.'

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Typical indian crying: 'we had shitty weapons with best man at that time while Pak had American aid & still ruling over the skies.'

Indian Hunter jets were not shitty at all. our PAF pilots just owned the IAF thats all.
thats another thing that Najam Sethi and some other intellectuals seem to know different about war details and outcome than the Indian chief and Pakistani soldiers.

 

[I S I]

Indian Hunter jets were not shitty at all. our PAF pilots just owned the IAF thats all.
thats another thing that Najam Sethi and some other intellectuals seem to know different about war details and outcome than the Indian chief and Pakistani soldiers.

This can become a nice rap song.

Indian Hunter jets were not shitty at all. our PAF pilots just owned the IAF thats all.


Marvelous!

 

[redgriffin]

Vintage weapons? Their vintage machines didn't show up after Chamb. It was all, Hunter, The so called Sabre Slayer (90% of whose pilot's claims turned out to be false at the war's end yet they continue to propagate) & Mysteres. All equal to or better than the F-86 Fs we had.