I muri i te Pakanga 1965, i puta te IAF i te raupapa o nga huringa hei whakapai ake i ona kaha. I te tau 1966, i hangaia te regiment Para Commandos. Hei whakanui ake i tana kaha ki te tuku me te whakaora i nga mahi whakaora, i whakauruhia e te IAF nga 72 HS 748 i hangaia e Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) i raro i te raihana mai i Avro. I tiimata a Inia ki te kaha ake ki te hanga rererangi whawhai. Na reira, ko te HAL HF-24 Marut, i hangaia e te miihini rererangi rongonui o Tiamana a Kurt Tank, i whakauruhia ki te ope rererangi. I tiimata ano te HAL ki te whakawhanake i tetahi waahanga pai ake o te Folland Gnat, e mohiotia ana ko HAL Ajeet. I te wa ano, i tiimata te IAF ki te whakauru i nga toa Soviet MiG-21 me te Sukhoi-7 e kaha ana ki te mahi Mach 2.
he raupapa huringa hei whakapai ake i ōna āheinga