 Because the PAF was outnumbered by its Indian counterpart, and with U.S. concurrence, the RB-57F was reportedly impressed into combat service with PAF No 24 Squadron to carry out daily reconnaissance sorties over Indian Air Force airfields at altitudes of up to .The RB-57F was also said to have been locally modified by the PAF to carry a bombload, but never actually operated in a bombing role.On other occasions, the RB-57F was accompanied by a pair of PAF B-57B Canberra bombers (apparently the "Rivet Flash" configurations sold to Pakistan in 1959 as standard B-57s but modified in 1964 under a pre-agreement of sale to enable them to track Indian mobile radars) that were jamming Indian military radio transmissions.