Alongside these, the squadron had to fly recon missions in some of the narrowest and most treacherous valleys in the area, to facilitate the supply drops carried out by Dakotas.

It operated from AFS Kalaikhunda, in West Bengal, tasked with providing close air support to the ground units in the Eastern Sector.

It continued for the first few days of the war and then relocated to Barrackpur, from where it launched daylight strikes over vital targets, mostly in hostile weather conditions.

On 2 December, the squadron received a message to move to Kumbhighram Sector in Assam, to provide combat air support to ground troops in eastern India, against heavily defended positions.

Within six days of the war, the squadron had flown several sorties attacking enemy gun positions and vital target systems in Brahmanbaria, Moulvibazar, Munshibazar, Sylhet, Kulaura, Narayanganj, Dolanganj and Mainwati.