60 Years Before Op Sindoor, Pak's Sargodha Airbase Saw Legendary Dogfight

60 Years Before Op Sindoor, Pak's Sargodha Airbase Saw Legendary Dogfight

About 60 years ago, during the 1965 India-Pakistan war, the Sargodha airbase was at the centre of some legendary dogfights between the two air forces.

Pearl Harbor of the Skies? How a 25-Minute Dogfight in South Asia May Have Heralded the End of Western Air Superiority

US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. It wasn't just a devastating tactical strike—it was a signal to the world that a new era in warfare had begun. With six aircraft carriers at its core, the Imperial Japanese Navy sank eight U.S. battleships, proving that air power—specifically carrier-based air power—had overtaken the once-dominant battleship. That day marked the sunset of battleship supremacy and the dawn of a new naval paradigm built around flo…

Operation Sindoor Rekindles a 1965 Legend: The Indian Pilot Who Took Down a Pakistani Starfighter

As tensions between India and Pakistan flared again during Operation Sindoor, one name from history quietly reemerged—Sargodha. Among the airbases hit by India in the recent airstrikes was this very airbase in Pakistan’s Punjab province, now named after former air chief Mushaf Ali Mir, who died in a plane crash in 2003. While new satellite images show a damaged runway at Sargodha following the Indian operation, the base also holds deep historica…