INS Dega
| INS Dega ఐఎన్ఎస్ డేగా आईएनएस देगा |
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| IATA: none – ICAO: VOVZ | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Naval Air Station | ||||||||||
| Operator | Indian Navy | ||||||||||
| Location | Visakhapatnam, India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 15 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
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INS Dega (IATA: N/A, ICAO: VOVZ), is an Indian naval air station located near Visakhapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh on the east coast of India.[1][2]
History
The Indian Navy initially started aviation operations in Visakhapatnam in the late 1970s, with the construction of four helipads adjacent to the civil airfield. The airport at Visakhapatnam was transferred from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in 1986. The air station was then called Naval Air Station, Visakhapatnam. Additional hangars, maintenance facilities and an operations complex were constructed soon after.
On 21 October 1991, the air station was renamed and formally commissioned as INS Dega by then Vice Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas.[3] It is named for the Telugu language word for a big & powerful bird of Eagle family.
Units
Indian Naval Air Squadrons based at INS Dega include:
- INAS 311, a reconnaissance squadron operating Dornier Do 228 aircraft
- INAS 321, a search and rescue squadron operating HAL Chetak helicopters
- INAS 333, an anti-submarine warfare squadron operating Kamov Ka-28 helicopters
- INAS 350, a logistics and transport squadron operating UH-3 Sea King helicopters
- a UAV squadron, operating the DRDO Lakshya pilotless targeting UAVs
- The BAE Systems Hawk advanced jet trainer was inducted on Nov 6 2013 by then Chief of Naval Staff (India), Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi
As of 2014 preparations have begun to deploy and permanently base a full squadron of Mig -29K/KUB fighters to strengthen the security of India's eastern seaboard. In order to decrease the growing flight traffic in the base, a new base has been under consideration by the navy at Badangi, near Vizayanagaram
The plan for the expansion of the airbase envisages a massive increase in size as well as capabilities. In the final scenario, from the present size of 1100 acres, the INS Dega will be spread out to over 1500 acres. A parallel taxi track at the INS Dega is also in the offing which will cut down the runway occupancy time.[4]
References
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- ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/navy-look-east-for-lethal-mig29k-vishakapatnam-china/1/378850.html
