On the following day, 10 September, the PAF followed up with a further 2 missions against Amritsar radar by a total of 12 F-86s from Sargodha, escorted by 2 F-104s as top cover. For these attacks, first by 4 F-86s escorted by two F-104s, followed by another 4 F-86s with 4 more as top cover, primary armament comprised 2.75in rockets, but it was soon found that the dust, smoke and debris from delivery of the first aircraft's weapons restricted visibility to such an extent that it was impossible for subsequent pilots to achieve an accurate aim. Slight damage was caused to some parts of the installation but unfortunately for the PAF, 'Fishoil' was soon back on the air.

At least the location of site Alfa was now known, and the air superiority force of Sabres at Sargodha were detailed for yet another strike against Amritsar on I I September. Having tried and rejected napalm and rockets, the Sabres this time were to use only their 0.5in machine guns against the radar installation, for optimum accuracy and adequate striking power. The use of bombs at this stage was vetoed by the C-in-C, since the radar site was very close to the town of Amritsar, with the possibility of civilian damage and casualties.

For the attack on 11 September, 4 Sabres plus a top cover of 2 F-1 04s were to be led by OC 33 Wing Commander Anwar Shamim with Flight Lietenant Bhatti as his No 3 and F/L Cecil Chawdery as No 4. Enquiries as to the whereabouts of the wing leader's No 2 were answered by Squadron Leader Munir, who arrived at the briefing in a freshly starched uniform, and announced that Flight Lieutenant Seraj had been kind enough to stand down so that the ops officer could come along in his place. Resignedly, Shamim completed the briefing, and the 4 Sabres set off at low level at 0800 hours on the half hour flight to Amritsar.

Despite poor visibility from the usual dust haze Bhatti, who was responsible for the navigation of this mission, brought the 4 Sabres out at low level precisely on track to Amritsar. Some help in identifying the target was in fact received from the Indian ack ack fire, which began even before the Sabres started their pull-up to attack. As planned, Bhatti and Choudhry began climbing to about 7,000 ft as top cover to draw some of the ack ack fire, while the two F-104s, flown by Squadron Leader Jamal and Flight Lieutenant Amjad, orbited even higher to guard against interference from IAF fighters.