Indian Naval Ship Hansa has been synonymous with the history and growth of India’s Naval Air Arm and it is therefore befitting that in marking this occasion, we recall the past, look at the glories achieved, the trails and contrails that we left behind and look through the head up display to the future that we have set for this operational arm of the very versatile Indian Navy.
The Indian Navy’s air wing which began in mid 1953, was indeed modest but nevertheless, the inventory of Short Sealands well served their intended role. Over the next decades we iterated through to our current inventory of more than 200 aircraft. The Indian Naval air arm is now recognised as a multi-faceted, capable force, equipped to protect India’s maritime interests with the ability to influence the maritime domain which has an area of approx six million square kilometres.

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