IAF sorties a flop during war: Daily

IAF equipment during the 1962 war cannot be compared to that of China and it was not successful in delivering supplies to beleaguered Indian troops,an official Chinese daily claimed on Sunday,days after IAF Chief N A K Browne said the use of Air Force would have changed the outcome of the conflict.

In the first such write-up ahead of the 50th anniversary of the eight-day war which broke out on October 20,1962, a commentary in the Chinese edition of Global Times said that the combat capability of the IAF was very limited leaving it a spectator.

It said the IAF mainly consisted of British WWII Spitfire turboprop aircraft and second hand Vampire aircraft.…Indian military did not deploy any combat aircraft in frontline airports at Indian border… and basically sent transport planes to provide supplies to the Army.