At least one helicopter could be seen firing at an area inside the Pathankot air force base and shots rang out from inside.
Earlier, four gunmen and two Indian soldiers were killed when unknown attackers invaded the base, about 267 miles north of New Delhi.
The gunmen entered the living quarters but failed to penetrate an area housing helicopters and other equipment, an air force spokeswoman said.
Police were investigating whether the attackers came from the Indian part of Kashmir or from Pakistan.
The whole of India's Punjab state has been put on alert following the incident.
Attacks are common in Kashmir where rebels have been fighting for independence or a merger with Pakistan since 1989.
The latest incident comes just a week after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unannounced visit to Pakistan to meet his opposite number Nawaz Sharif.
The visit was seen as a potential sign of thawing relations between the two neighbours, which both have nuclear weapons.
The two leaders also had an unscheduled meeting at the Paris climate change talks.
India accuses Pakistan of arming and training Kashmir's insurgents, a charged denied by Islamabad.
More than 68,000 people have been killed in the violence in the Indian part of Kashmir.
India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday the country wanted peace with Pakistan, but warned: "If there is any kind of terror attack on India, we will give it a fitting reply."
In July, gunmen attacked a police station and a bus near Gurdaspur, a border town in Punjab, killing four officers and three civilians.
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