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Operation Chengiz Khan was the code name assigned to the preemptive strikes carried out by the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) on the forward airbases and radar installations of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the evening of 3 December 1971, and marked the formal initiation of hostilities of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The operation targeted 11 of India's airfields and there were artillery strikes on Indian positions in Kashmir.

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  • Operation Chengiz Khan was the code name assigned to the preemptive strikes carried out by the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) on the forward airbases and radar installations of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the evening of 3 December 1971, and marked the formal initiation of hostilities of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The operation targeted 11 of India's airfields and there were artillery strikes on Indian positions in Kashmir.
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  • Operation Chengiz Khan
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  • *Many of India's western airfields and radar installations damaged. Most airfields repaired within same night.
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  • India
  • Pakistan
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  • *Formal start ofIndo-Pakistani War of 1971.
  • *Preemptive strike to neutralize theIndian Airforcefails as most damage is repaired within the same night.
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  • 15 aircraftin a third wave.
  • 36 aircraftin first two waves;
  • Anti-aircraft guns
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