ADGs were also deployed to Ubon, Thailand to protect the RAAF detachment based there, including 79 Squadron flying Sabre jets.
The F-86 Sabre (nicknamed the "Sabre jet" was an American fighter plane made by North American Aviation.
Then, on the night of 3 December 1971, Canberra bombers of Eastern Air Command struck Tejgaon, which was guarded by PAF No. 14 squadron equipped with Sabre jets which lacked night fighting capability.
On 22 November 1971, 10 days before the start of a full-scale war, four PAF F-86 Sabre jets attacked Indian and Mukti Bahini positions at Garibpur, near the international border.
Sabre jets and Harvard Trainers approached to within a hundred feet of the ground, flying low over the crowd in an attempt to scatter it.
Both brothers have a Veer Chakra for the same feat of shooting down a Sabre jet.
The leading Sabre jet dropped lower still, skimming the roof of the police station and the rest of the formation followed it down.
The unit was redesignated the 149th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and was scheduled to get F-86E Sabre jets.
He received the award for shooting down a Sabre jet whilst flying a Hawker Hunter, whilst they were under anti-aircraft fire.
The symbol of the team features a Sabre jet outlined in gold.