After the war however, the Haider's B-57 fleet had been considerably effected due to crashes and lack of spares & technical support as a result of postwar US Sanctions, hence its B-57s along with other assets (including the pilots) were transferred to the Bandits and the squadron was number plated in 1968 after its Officer Commanding Rais A. Rafi completed the command of the squadron before being deployed to Iraq.

[9][4][1] On the first night of the Lahore invasion, Haider B-57s started a series of bombing raids on Jamnagar which was India's main frontline base in the southern sector.

It was later revealed that they prevented 8 Hawker Sea Hawk fighters of the Indian navy from taking off the next day which were going to attack the PAF's main Radar at Badin.

[1][9][10][4] Rear Admiral (Retd) Satyendra Singh Jamwal of the Indian Navy in his book "Blueprint to Bluewater" states: Had the eight Seahawk aircraft at Jamnagar been allowed to bomb the ‘seeing eye’ of PAF and its air defence establishment at Badin (…) on the morning of Sept 7 as had been scheduled, the war would have been over much earlier and (Indian) aircraft losses would have been minimised.

[9][1][5] On 9 September, the Officer Commanding of Haiders led a night bombing mission on Adampur during which heavy damage was inflicted on enemy infrastructure after which the bombers headed for Peshawar Airbase in order to meet up with the rest of the squadron.

The fires started by 8-Pass Charlie's airstrikes enabled the Haider night bombers (one of which was being flown by the OC Squadron Leader Rais A. Rafi himself) to pinpoint the Ambala runway accurately and heavily crater it with time delayed 1000lbs bombs.

The squadron flew its last combat sortie (A Close Air Support mission) over Sialkot District when it struck retreating Indian army artillery & cavalry units.

[12] During its tenure as a Maritime support squadron, Two Haider Mirage Vs intercepted INS Talwar (1959) on 24 September 1992 after it crossed into Pakistani territorial seas.

The mission was to successfully penetrate the aircraft carrier's early warning systems and perimeter defences after which the Mirages would fire a simulated Exocet anti-ship missile.