 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Makore matatu pashure pokurwisana kweChina neIndia, muna 1965, Pakistan yakatanga Operation Gibraltar, zano rePakistan rokupinda muJammu neKashmir, uye kutanga kupandukira kutonga kweIndia. Izvi zvakazozivikanwa seHondo yeCashmir yeChipiri. Iyi yakanga iri nguva yokutanga iyo IAF yakabatanidza zvakasimba masimba emhepo omuvengi. Zvisinei, panzvimbo pokupa rutsigiro rwomumhepo rwepedyo kuuto reIndia, IAF yakaita hondo dzakazvimirira mukurwisana nenzvimbo dzePAF. Nzvimbo idzi dzaiva mukati-kati penharaunda yePakistan, zvichiita kuti varwi veIAF vave pangozi yokurwiswa nezvombo zvinorwisa ndege. Munguva yekurwisana, PAF yakawana hunyanzvi hwehunyanzvi pamusoro peIAF uye yakawana mukana wakakura wezvematongerwo enyika uye wezvematongerwo enyika nekuda kwekukasira kwekurwiswa uye mamiriro epamberi emauto avo emhepo. IAF yakarambidzwa nehurumende kutsiva kurwiswa kwePAF kumabvazuva uku chikamu chakakosha chesimba rayo rekurwa chaive chaiswa ipapo uye chakatadza kuendeswa kumadokero, zvichipesana nemukana wekupindira kweChina. Uyezve, mirayiro nemitemo yenyika dzakawanda yeUN yaisabvumira kuti mauto apinde muJ K yeIndia kupfuura zvakanga zvabvumiranwa panguva yokurambidzwa kwehondo kwa1949. Pasinei neizvi, IAF yakakwanisa kudzivisa PAF kubva pakuwana kukwirira kwemhepo pamusoro penzvimbo dzekurwisana. Zviduku uye zvinokurumidza IAF Folland Gnats yakaratidza kubudirira pamusoro peF-86 Sabres yePAF ichiwana zita rokuti Sabre Slayers. Pakupera kwehondo, IAF yakarasikirwa nendege makumi matanhatu neshanu, nepo PAF yakarasikirwa nendege makumi mana nenhatu. Zvinopfuura 60 zvekufirwa nendege dzeIAF zvakaitika mukurwiswa kwepasi kunopisa muvengi pasi, sezvo ndege dzehondo-bhomba dzaizoita kurwisa kwakadzokororwa kwedutu pachinangwa chimwe chete. Mukuwirirana naAir Chief Marshal Arjan Singh weIndian Air Force, pasinei zvapo nokuva akaderera zvikuru, IAF yakawana kukwirira mumhepo mumazuva matatu muHondo ya1965.. 