Background: Late in the day, the PAF launched strikes against Indian airfields and radarsto forestall IAF counterattacks. Unfortunately, the PAF did not have enough servicable aircraft to meet its planned requirements and only one raid was successful. This one wasn't it. In this strike against Adampur airfield, three Sabres attempting to make a strafing attack ran into a combat air patrol of four Hunters. A dogfight ensued at low altitude in which the lead Sabre, piloted by Squadron Leader Mohammed Alam, shot down one Hunter and probably destroyed another. One of the other Sabres damaged a third Hunter. They then escaped without damage. The Hunter patrol had taken a beating but had succeeded in stopping the attack on the airfield and thus claimed a Pyrrhic victory.  Airfield Facilities: EWR-A in G-1 017, Large buildings x 2 in G-1014, Hangar x 2, one each in G-1015, G-1 115. Bofors U60 40mm med. AAA x 2, one each in G-1217, G-0913. Parked Hunter aircraft x 2, one each in G-1 115, G-1216. Maps H,I,J Game Length: 15 game-turns. Notes: 1. The Sabres are silver, the Hunters are camoflauged. All aircraft begin unspotted. 2. Aircraft loads: The Sabres are each carrying four 250L FT. One per wing station. The Sabres are the late model Fs with the slatted wings. 3. Pilot Quality: F-86s= V, R, R. Hunters= R, N, N, N. All have average attributes. F-86 #1 pilot is a S.H. Tactics Master. All Hunter pilots have poor confidence. 4. Fuel: Sabre start= 160, bingo= 80. Hunter start= 150, bingo= 20. 5. Weather: Stratus Layers at 10 and 15. 6. Victory: To win, the Sabre player must have more points overall and do at least 5 points of damage to airfield targets. The Hunter player need only have more points. 7. The parked aircraft counters represent 3 Hunters each. The counter has a soft defense value of 3 and a visibility rating of 12. Each D hit on the counter disables a Hunter. Each disabled Hunter is worth 5 V.P.s. Back to Table of Contents -- Air Power # 18 Back to Air Power List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1991 by J.D. Webster This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com