Mgbe agha 1965 gasịrị, IAF gbanwere ọtụtụ ihe iji meziwanye ikike ya. N'afọ 1966, e kere ndị agha Para Commandos. Iji nwekwuo ikike nke ọrụ nchekwa na nnapụta ya, IAF webatara 72 HS 748 nke Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) wuru n'okpuru ikikere site n'aka Avro. India malitere itinyekwu uche na imepụta ụgbọ elu ndị na-alụ ọgụ. N'ihi ya, HAL HF-24 Marut, nke onye injinia ụgbọ elu German a ma ama bụ Kurt Tank, webatara n'ime ụgbọ elu. HAL malitekwara ịmepụta nsụgharị nke Folland Gnat, nke a maara dị ka HAL Ajeet. N'otu oge ahụ, IAF malitekwara ịmalite Mach 2 Soviet MiG-21 na Su-7i fighters. Ajụjụ: Onye malitere ịmalite Sukkhoi Su-7 na Soviet MiG-21 fighters?
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