After the 1965 War, India purchased about 140 Soviet Su-7 fighter-bombers. They flew about 1500 combat sorties in the 1971 War, mostly low-level interdiction, close air support and reconnaissance. Eighteen were lost and about one third of those to Pakistani fighters. But on one occasion, an Indian Su-7 pilot, light Lieutenant Surinder Singh Malhotra of 32 Squadron got a chance to fight back after his photo recon pass over Risalewala aribase in Pakistan.
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- Kaiser Tufail - Against All Odds
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- Indian Official History of the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War
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