Editing Dassault Mirage III (section)

==== Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ====
[[File:Pakistan Air Force Cold War Jets.jpg|thumb|PAF's Dassault Mirage-III, Shenyang F-6 and Lockheed F-104 flying in a 3-ship formation]]
During the 1971 War, PAF Mirages were used in [[Operation Chengiz Khan|preemptive strikes]] and also claimed the first aerial victories against [[Indian Air Force|Indian]] Airforce [[English Electric Canberra|Canberra bombers and reconnaissance]] aircraft in the Western Front, along with [[Su-7]] and [[Hawker Hunter]]. During the war, the Mirages were frequently employed for Airfield Interdiction, strike, as well as CAP missions; whereas the tasks of Close Air Support and Battlefield Air Interdiction were taken up by [[F-86 Sabre]]s and [[Shenyang J-6|Shenyang F-6P]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tufail |first1=M. Kaiser |title=Against all odds : the Pakistan Air Force in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war |date=March 2020 |publisher=Helion and Company |location=Warwick |isbn=9781913118648 |pages=48–75}}</ref>
Moreover, during the [[War on terror]], Pakistani Mirage-III & Mirage-V jets were deployed in the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province after the [[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|spillover of militants from Afghanistan]] in 2001. They performed Close Air Support missions throughout the conflict.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/what-you-need-to-know-about-pakistans-north-waziristan-operation#_edncc6bd0732d08d5d0924938f6a5a5056746 | title=What You Need to Know About Pakistan's North Waziristan Operation }}</ref>