Okha Port raid

Okha Port raid
	Part of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Date	5 December 1971
Location	Okha, Gujarat, India
Result	Pakistani Victory Disruption of Indian naval operations at Okha;
Belligerents
India Indian Navy;	Pakistan Pakistan Air Force;
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Shabbir A Khan
Units involved
Indian Navy	Pakistan Air Force
Strength
Okha Naval Base facilities	1 B-57 Canberra bomber
Casualties and losses
Fuel tank, ammunition dump, and jetty damaged	None

The Okha Port raid was a retaliatory airstrike by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on the Indian naval base at Okha during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The raid aimed to neutralize the operational threat posed by Indian missile boats, which had launched attacks on Pakistani naval assets near Karachi the previous night.

^ Captain S. M. A. Hussaini. "Illustrations: Trauma and Reconstruction 1971–1980". PAF Falcons. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
^ Dr. He Hemant Kumar Pandey & Manish Raj Singh (1 August 2017). INDIA'S MAJOR MILITARY & RESCUE OPERATIONS. Horizon Books ( A Division of Ignited Minds Edutech P Ltd), 2017. p. 117.

[1] Captain S. M. A. Hussaini. "Illustrations: Trauma and Reconstruction 1971–1980". PAF Falcons. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

[2] Dr. He Hemant Kumar Pandey & Manish Raj Singh (1 August 2017). INDIA'S MAJOR MILITARY & RESCUE OPERATIONS. Horizon Books ( A Division of Ignited Minds Edutech P Ltd), 2017. p. 117.

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