INS Hansa

Coordinates: 15°22′51″N 073°49′53″E / 15.38083°N 73.83139°E / 15.38083; 73.83139
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INS Hansa
AMSL
184 ft / 56 m
Coordinates15°22′51″N 073°49′53″E / 15.38083°N 73.83139°E / 15.38083; 73.83139
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 11,345 3,458 Asphalt

INS Hansa, (

civil enclave, that operates as Dabolim Airport
.

History

INS Hansa was commissioned on 5 September 1961 at

Breguet Alizé aircraft.[3]
After the annexation of Goa in December 1961, INS Hansa was transferred to Dabolim. In 1983, the Indian Navy began inducting the
BAE Sea Harrier into service, basing training activities at Dabolim until the Harriers were retired in 2016.[4]
Now the base houses
Admiral Gorshkov
of the Russian Navy).

Besides the operation of the MiGs, the Navy also operates

Kamov Ka-28 anti submarine helicopters, along with Ilyushin Il-38 May and TU-142M Bear aircraft. Dabolim airbase also hosts exercises by the Indian Air Force's fighter bombers and it has facilities for the Indian Coast Guard which operates a fleet of small aircraft such as Dornier 228s. The Indian Navy also carries out long range maritime patrols as far as the Horn of Africa
from Dabolim.

The Navy has an aerobatic team, based at Dabolim, called the

naval aviation museum
near Dabolim Airport.

The

Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF), which is a mock-up of the 283-metre (928 ft) INS Vikramaditya deck built on the airfield at Hansa is used to train and certify navy pilots of the Mikoyan MiG-29K for operating from the aircraft carrier, and for the developmental trials of the naval HAL Tejas.[5][6][7]
This SBTF was designed by Nevskoye Design Bureau (NDB) of Russia for Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA).

  • P3C Orion Aircraft's at INS Hansa
    P3C Orion Aircraft's at INS Hansa
  • Test flight at INS Hansa
    Test flight at INS Hansa

Units

Over 2,000 Military personnel and 1,000 civilians are based at INS Hansa. It is home to 8 Indian Naval Air Squadrons (INAS).

Among the units based here are:[8]

  • Mikoyan MiG-29K
    Mikoyan MiG-29K
  • HAL Chetak
    HAL Chetak
  • HAL Dhruv
    HAL Dhruv
  • Kamov Ka-31
    Kamov Ka-31

See also

Indian navy
Integrated commands and units
Other lists

References

  1. ^ "Airport information for VAGO". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006.
  2. ^ "INS Hansa will retain its importance: Navy". The Economic Times. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Naval Air Stations". Indian Navy. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Indian Navy to bid adieu to Sea Harriers on May 11 in Goa". The Economic Times. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Arrester gear of Shore Based Test Facility for Naval LCA passes test". Frontier India. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. ^ "India's shore-based test facility for carrier borne aircraft operationalised". Goa Shipyard. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Maiden Flight of Light Combat Aircraft-Navy (NP1)". PIB. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  8. ^ "INS Hansa Air Squadrons". Indian Navy. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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