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|unit_name= INAS 339<br />
|image= INAS 339 insignia.jpg<br />
|image_size= 200px<br />
|caption= INAS 339 Insignia<br />
|dates= 23 November 1990 - ''present''<ref name=indiannavy1>{{cite web|title=INAS 339 – The Falcons|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-aviation/inas-339|publisher=Indian Navy|accessdate=28 December 2014}}</ref><br />
|country= {{flag|India}}<br />
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|branch= {{nowrap|[[File:Naval Ensign of India.svg|25px|Indian Navy seal]] [[Indian Navy]]}}<br />
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|garrison=[[INS Shikra]], [[Mumbai]] <small>(historical)</small><br>[[INS Hansa]], [[Goa]]<ref name=transititiontoguardianship>{{cite book|last1=Vice Admiral GM Hiranandani|title=Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991–2000|publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC|isbn=9781935501664|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2snz5Cfb0gC&q=inas+330+india&pg=RA2-PT278|accessdate=28 December 2014}}</ref><br />
|nickname= The Falcons<br />
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|aircraft_helicopter_observation = [[Westland Sea King]]<small> (November 1990 - March 1993)</small><br>[[Kamov Ka-28]] <small>(until May 2009)</small><br>[[Kamov Ka-31]] <small>(2003 - ''present'')</small><ref name=indiannavy2>{{cite web|title=Indian Naval Air Squadrons|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/indian-naval-air-squadrons|publisher=Indian Navy|accessdate=27 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226081408/http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/indian-naval-air-squadrons|archive-date=26 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> <br />
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The '''INAS 339''' is an [[Indian Navy|Indian naval]] air squadron based at [[INS Hansa]], [[Goa]] .<ref name=warintheindianocean>{{cite book|last1=Mihir K. Roy|title=War in the Indian Ocean|date=15 April 1995|publisher=Lancer Publishers|page=100|isbn=9781897829110|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tqr8r7EB18wC&q=inas+330+india&pg=PA100|accessdate=28 December 2014}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
INAS 339 was commissioned by V Adm S K Jain on 23 November 1990 at INS Kunjali, Mumbai. Cdr S V Purohit was the commissioning Squadron Commander of the squadron. The squadron initially operated [[Westland Sea King]] helicopters but changed over to [[Kamov Ka-27|Kamov 28s]] in March 1993. The squadron, thereafter, shifted base to [[INS Hansa]], [[Goa]].<br />
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The Falcons inducted the [[Kamov Ka-27|Kamov 31]] Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft in 2003 along with the induction of the [[Talwar-class frigate|Talwar Class frigates]] from Russia, which has understandably given them the status of Navy's ‘Eyes in the Skies’. INAS 339 operated both the KV 28 and KM 31 helicopters until May 2009. Thereafter, the KV 28 were rebased to [[INAS 333]] in [[Visakhapatnam|Vizag]] as replacement of the decommissioned [[Kamov Ka-25|KA 25s]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/kamov-28|title=KAMOV 28 {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=2016-05-06}}</ref><br />
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