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| name = INS Dega<br />
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| image = Participants being shown around AN 32 aircraft at INS Dega during Exercise Prakampana.jpg<br />
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| IATA = <br />
| ICAO = VOVZ<br />
| type = [[Naval Air Station]]<br />
| owner = <br />
| operator = [[Indian Navy]]<br />
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| location = [[Visakhapatnam]], [[India]]<br />
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| pushpin_label = '''VOVZ'''<br />
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'''INS ''Dega''''' {{Airport codes||VOVZ}}, is a [[naval air station]] of the [[Indian Navy]]. It is located in [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] on the east coast of India.<ref name=in-nas>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/NavalAvnWebsite/NavalAirStations.htm|title=Naval Air Stations|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=2011-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810053816/http://indiannavy.nic.in/NavalAvnWebsite/NavalAirStations.htm|archive-date=10 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=wad-vevz>{{cite web|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=IN02800|title=Vishakhapatnam|publisher=World Aero Data|access-date=2011-08-18}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The Indian Navy initially started aviation operations in Visakhapatnam in the late 1970s, with the construction of four helipads adjacent to the civil airfield. The civilian [[Visakhapatnam Airport]] was transferred to the [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|Directorate General of Civil Aviation]] in 1981. The air station was then called '''Naval Air Station, Visakhapatnam'''. Additional hangars, maintenance facilities and an operations complex were constructed soon after.<br />
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On 21 October 1991, the air station was renamed and formally commissioned as INS ''Dega'' by then [[Vice Admiral]] [[Laxminarayan Ramdas]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/ins-dega | title=INS Dega | publisher=Indian Navy | access-date=5 July 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407191733/http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/ins-dega | archive-date=7 April 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> It is named for the [[Telugu language]] word for a big and powerful bird of the eagle family.<br />
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==Units==<br />
Indian naval air squadrons based at INS ''Dega'' include:<br />
* [[INAS 551]], a fighter training squadron [[BAE Systems Hawk|BAE Hawk AJT]] aircraft<br />
* [[INAS 311]], a reconnaissance squadron operating [[Dornier 228]] aircraft<br />
* [[INAS 321]], a [[search and rescue]] squadron operating [[HAL Chetak]] helicopters<br />
* [[INAS 333]], an [[anti-submarine warfare]] squadron operating [[Kamov Ka-28]] helicopters<br />
* [[INAS 350]], a logistics and transport squadron operating [[Sikorsky UH-3 Sea King]] helicopters<br />
* a UAV squadron, operating [[DRDO Lakshya]] pilotless targeting UAVs<br />
* The [[BAE Systems Hawk]] advanced jet trainer was inducted on 6 November 2013 by then [[Chief of Naval Staff (India)]], [[Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi]]<br />
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As of 2014 preparations have begun to deploy and permanently base a full squadron of [[Mikoyan MiG-29]] fighters to strengthen the security of India's eastern seaboard. In order to decrease the growing flight traffic in the base, a new base has been under consideration by the navy at Badangi, near [[Vizayanagaram]]<br />
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The plan for the expansion of the airbase envisages a massive increase in size as well as capabilities. In the final scenario, from the present size of 1100 acres, the INS Dega will be spread out to over 1500 acres.<br />
A parallel taxi track at the base is also in the offing which will cut down the runway occupancy time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/navy-look-east-for-lethal-mig29k-vishakapatnam-china/1/378850.html|title = EXCLUSIVE: Navy initiates 'Look East' for lethal MiG29K}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
; Indian navy <br />
* [[List of Indian Navy bases]]<br />
* [[List of active Indian Navy ships]]<br />
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; Integrated commands and units<br />
* [[Armed Forces Special Operations Division]]<br />
* [[Defence Cyber Agency]]<br />
* [[Integrated Defence Staff]]<br />
* [[Integrated Space Cell]]<br />
* [[Nuclear Command Authority (India)|Indian Nuclear Command Authority]]<br />
* [[Indian Armed Forces]]<br />
* [[Special Forces of India]]<br />
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; Other lists<br />
* [[Strategic Forces Command]]<br />
* [[List of Indian Air Force stations]]<br />
* [[List of Indian Navy bases]]<br />
* [[List of countries with overseas military bases#India|India's overseas military bases]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Airports in India}}<br />
{{Indian Navy}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:INS Dega}}<br />
[[Category:Indian Naval Air Stations|Dega]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Navy bases|Dega]]<br />
[[Category:Airports in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Economy of Visakhapatnam]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Visakhapatnam]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Visakhapatnam]]<br />
[[Category:1970s establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]</div>Bot