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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= INAS 300
|image= INAS 300 insignia.jpg
|image_size= 200px
|caption= INAS 300 Insignia
|dates= 7 July 1960 - Present<ref name=globalsecurity>{{cite web|title=Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 300|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/inas-300.htm|publisher=Global Security|access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref>
|country= {{flag|India}}
|allegiance=
|branch= {{navy|India}}
|type=
|role=
|size=
|command_structure=
|garrison=[[INS Hansa]]
|nickname= The White Tigers<ref name=vayuaerospace>{{cite news|title=The White Tigers Go Golden|url=http://www.vayuaerospace.in/images1/Indian_Navy_The_White_Tigers.pdf|access-date=25 December 2014|work=Vayu Aerospace|date=21 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331165814/http://www.vayuaerospace.in/images1/Indian_Navy_The_White_Tigers.pdf|archive-date=31 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|patron=
|motto=
|colors=
|march=
|mascot=
|battles=
|anniversaries=
|aircraft_fighter= *[[Hawker Sea Hawk]](historical)
*[[BAE Sea Harrier]](Retired)<ref name=indiannavy>{{cite web|title=INAS 300 – The White Tigers|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-aviation/inas-300|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref>
*[[MiG-29K|MiG-29KUB]](current)<ref name=PIB>{{cite web|title=INAS 300 retires Harriers|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=145203|publisher=Press Information Bureau|access-date=11 May 2016}}</ref>
|current_commander=
|ceremonial_chief=
|colonel_of_the_regiment=
}}

The '''INAS 300''' is the longest serving combat unit of the Indian Navy,<ref name="IT1">{{cite news|title='White Tigers' squadron turns 60: Facts on Indian Navy's longest serving combat unit |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/white-tigers-squadron-indian-navy-1565242-2019-07-09 |access-date= 16 May 2020 |work=[[India Today]]|date= 9 July 2019}}</ref> based at [[INS Hansa]].<ref name=vayuaerospace/><ref name=indiannavy/>

== History ==
The White Tigers were commissioned on 7 July 1959<ref name="IT1"/> at [[Cawdor Barracks|RNAS Brawdy]], [[United Kingdom]] with the Indian High Commissioner to UK, [[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit|Vijay Laxmi Pandit]], in attendance. The first Squadron Commander was Lt Cdr B D Law. The squadron was initially equipped with the [[Hawker Sea Hawk]] aircraft. On 18 May 1961, Lt Cdr [[R. H. Tahiliani]] carried out the first deck landing on {{INS|Vikrant|1961|6}} on Sea Hawk IN 156. The squadron left [[RNAS Brawdy]] on 31 July 1961 with eleven [[Hawker Sea Hawk]]s and embarked {{INS|Vikrant|1961|6}} off the [[Isle of Wight]]. During the course of the next ten years the Indian Navy inducted fifty-four Sea Hawks in a phased manner, the last aircraft being delivered in December 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/sea-harrier|title=SEA HARRIER {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=6 May 2016}}</ref>
The Sea Hawks were retired from the Indian Navy in a phased manner in the late-70s and early-80s.<ref name="IT1"/>
The Sea Harriers were replaced by [[MiG-29|MiG-29KUBs]] on 11 May 2016 in a ceremony held at [[INS Hansa]].<ref name=PIB/>
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File:The outgoing Sea Harriers being flanked by the newly inducted MiG 29Ks fighters of the Indian Navy.jpg|A Sea Harrier flanked by a pair of MiG-29Ks
File:Inas 300.jpg|Plaque commemorating the retirement of the Sea Harrier
File:Stamp of India - 2010 - Colnect 259588 - Indian Naval Air Squadron 300 50 Years 1960-2010.jpeg|''50 years of INAS 300'' postal stamp (2010)
</gallery>

== References ==
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{{Indian Navy}}

[[Category:Aircraft squadrons of the Indian Navy]]
[[Category:Naval units and formations of India]]

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INAS 300 - Revision history

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