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The capability of the Dakota to take off from underprepared strips and hardy frame<br />
and engine was a bonus and troops and supplies were ferried without any attrition.<br />
One of the Dakotas was gifted to the Mufti Bahini and became known as the ‘kilo<br />
squadron’. It was a modified Dakota and the start of the BAF (Bangladesh Air Force)<br />
can be traced to this Dakota.<br />
THE DAKOTA FADES AWAY<br />
After 1971, the Dakota was replaced by the Avro HS-748. The Dakotas were then<br />
phased out and some of them were handed to the Border Security Force who used the<br />
plane up to 1987. The Dakota thus ended its tenure of close to 50 years but remains<br />
an unforgettable chapter in history of the Indian Air Force.<br />
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