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Bharatiya Nau Sena

Port Blair, Andaman Islands

Shibpur

Shikra INS

Vishakhapatnam

Arkonam (VOAR) Rajali INS
RWY 06/24 POS 13°04'16"N 079°41'28"E ELEV 265ft Google Maps
Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Tail Code	Badge
INAS 312	P-8I	Albatross	ARK

INAS 561	Chetak SA316B	Rotors

	MQ-9A (leased)

P-8I IN326/ARK visiting Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Int'l on 6 February 2016.

Janam Parikh

Pride of the Indian Naval Aviation MiG 29K IN673 of the INAS 303 ‘Black Panthers’ seen landing at Dabolim.

Anonymus

Campbell Bay (VOBX) INS Baaz / CGAE
RWY 05/23 POS 07°00'47"N 093°55'25"E ELEV 0 ft Google Maps
Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Tail Code	Badge
det. INAS 318 (tdy)	Do228-201

det. INAS 312 (tdy)	P-8I	Albatross

Chennai (VOMM)
RWY 07/25, 12/30 POS 12°59'42"N 080°10'32"E ELEV 52 ft Google Maps
Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Tail Code	Badge
INAS 313	Do228-201	Sea Eagle	MBK

Cochin (VOCC) INS Garuda (Kochi)
RWY 13/31, 17/35 POS 09°56'51"N 076°16'23"E ELEV 8 ft Google Maps
Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Tail Code	Badge
INAS 322	Dhruv Mk.I Dhruv Mk.III	Guardians

INAS 334	MH-60R	Seahawks

INAS 336	Sea King Mk42B MH-60R	Flaming Arrows	W

INAS 342	IAI Searcher Mk.II IAI Heron	Flying Sentinels

INAS 550	Do228-201 Pipistrel Virus SW80	Flying Fish	COC

Goa/Dabolim (VOGO) INS Hansa
RWY 08/26 POS 15°22'51"N 073°49'53"E ELEV 184 ft Google Maps
Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Tail Code	Badge
INAS 300	MiG-29K MiG-29KUB	White Tigers

INAS 303	MiG-29K MiG-29KUB	Black Panthers

INAS 310	Do228-201	Cobras	DAB

INAS 316	P-8I	The Condors	DAB

INAS 323	Dhruv Mk.III	Harriers

INAS 339	KA-31	Falcons

NFTS / INAS 552	no a/c assigned

INS Parundu (VORM)
RWY 01/19 POS 09°19'30"N 078°58'18"E ELEV 23 ft Google Maps
Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Tail Code	Badge
det. INAS 321	Chetak Dhruv Mk.III	Angels

INAS 344	IAI Searcher Mk.II IAI Heron	Spirited Shadowers

A newly erected squadron equiped with Do228 will be based here.

Porbandar (VAPR)
RWY 09/27 POS 21°39'01"N 069°39'31"E ELEV 23 ft Google Maps
Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Tail Code	Badge
INAS 314	Do228-201	Raptors	PBO

INAS 343	IAI Searcher Mk.II IAI Heron	Frontier Formidables

Dornier 228-201 IN221/PBO of the INAS310.

Anonymus

HAL Dhruv Mk.III IN715 at its homebase on 4 September 2021. The new type equips recently commissioned INAS 323 "Harriers", tasked with SAR, Special Operations and Coastal Surveillance.

Arjun Sarup

Port Blair, Andaman Islands (VOPB) INS Utkrosh
RWY 04/22 POS 11°38'50"N 092°43'59"E ELEV 84 ft Google Maps
Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Tail Code	Badge
det. INAS 321	Chetak SA316B Dhruv Mk.III	Angels

det. INAS 344 (tdy)	IAI Searcher Mk.II IAI Heron	Spirited Shadowers

INAS 318	Do228-201	Hawks	PBR

INAS 325	Dhruv Mk.III	Eagle Owl

Shikra INS (--)
RWY HEL POS 18°54'49"N 072°49'47"E ELEV 16ft Google Maps
Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Tail Code	Badge
INAS 321	Chetak SA316B Dhruv Mk.III	Angels

INAS 330	Sea King Mk.42B	Harpoons	W

Marine Commando Flight	Sea King Mk.42C	Zappers	X

Chetak IN433 is starting up.

November 2001, Simon Watson

Sea King Mk42C IN557/X of the Marine Commando Flight on board the USS Anchorage during a combined Indian/US exercise.

26 December 2018, Sgt. Austin Maely/USMC

Vishakhapatnam (VOVZ) INS Dega
RWY 05/23, 10/28 POS 17°43'16"N 083°13'16"E ELEV 10 ft Google Maps
Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Tail Code	Badge
det. INAS 321	Chetak SA316B	Angels

INAS 322 Dega Flight	Dhruv Mk.III	Guardians

INAS 311	Do228-201	Kites	VVZ

INAS 324	Dhruv Mk.III	Kestrels

INAS 333	KA-28	Eagles

INAS350	UH-3H	Saras	X

INAS 551	Hawk Mk132	Phantoms

Do228-201 IN236/VVZ on 22 January 2016.

Janam Parikh

Kamov 28 IN596 of INAS 333 ‘Eagles’ is used for anti-submarine warfare.

Simon Watson

INS Kadamba (--) Naval Base Karwar

RWY HEL POS 14°46'00"N 074°09'18"E ELEV 12 ft
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