INS Rajali
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INS Rajali, (IATA: N/A, ICAO: VOAR) is an Indian naval air station located near Arakkonam, Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu in southern India. It operates under the Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy,[1] and has the longest military runway in Asia.[2]
History
The airfield at Arakkonam was constructed in early 1942, for use by Allies of World War II. The first recorded air operations from the field took place when the No. 2 Squadron of the Royal Indian Air Force, flying Westland Lysander aircraft flew support missions for the British Indian Army between May and Sep 1942.
The airfield was abandoned after the war and lay unused until the 1980s, when it was transferred to the Indian Navy who rehabilitated and commissioned the airfield as INS Rajali. INS Rajali was commissioned on 11 March 1992. The commissioning commanding officer was Captain RS Vasan, who subsequently retired in the rank of commodore while on deputation to the Coast Guard as the Regional Commander of Coast Guard Region East. Rajali, named after a bird, was commissioned by then
INS Rajali now spans 2,320 acres (9.4 km2) and has the longest military runway in Asia.[5]
2015 Floods
During the
Units
INS Rajali is home to the navy's INAS 312 squadron which operates P-8I Neptune
See also
- Indian navy
- Integrated commands and units
- Armed Forces Special Operations Division
- Defence Cyber Agency
- Integrated Defence Staff
- Integrated Space Cell
- Indian Nuclear Command Authority
- Indian Armed Forces
- Special Forces of India
- Other lists
- Strategic Forces Command
- List of Indian Air Force stations
- List of Indian Navy bases
- India's overseas military bases
References
- ^ "Eastern Naval Command Authorities & Units". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Airport information for VOAR". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. - ^ "INAS 312 – The Albatross". Indian Navy. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ "Indian Navy looking at more P-8I 'submarine killers': Admiral Lanba". The Economic Times. 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Naval Air Stations". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Floodwaters recede as Chennai rain eases". BBC. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ Josephine, Serena (5 December 2015). "500 passengers flown out of INS Rajali". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ "Beach-Arakkonam train service on". The Hindu. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.