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| name = INS Kohassa
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| IATA = IN-0053
| ICAO = VODX
| type = [[Naval Air Station]]
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| operator = [[Indian Navy]]
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| location = [[Shibpur (Andaman)|Shibpur]], [[Diglipur]], [[Andaman & Nicobar Islands]]
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'''INS Kohassa'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=187726|title=INS Kohassa – a New Bird's Nest in the Andamans|date=2019-01-24|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=187583|title=Headquarters Andaman Nicobar Command ANC to enhance its operational capability with the upcoming commissioning of INS Kohassa |date=2019-01-18|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref> {{Airport codes|IN 0053|VODX}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcmap.com/airport/VODX|title=VODX - Shibpur [NAS Shibpur], AN, IN - Airport - Great Circle Mapper|website=www.gcmap.com}}</ref> is an Indian [[naval air station]] under the [[Andaman and Nicobar Command]] of the [[Indian Armed Forces]]. It is located at [[Shibpur (Andaman)|Shibpur]], a village located on [[North Andaman Island]].<ref name="navy">{{cite news | first=Rajat | last=Pandit | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Strategically-important-AN-Command-to-get-a-boost/articleshow/5540325.cms | title={{Sic|hide=y|Strategically|-}}important A&N Command to get a boost | newspaper=The Times of India | date=6 February 2010 | access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Andamans, not just an Indian mainland buffer|url=http://frontierindia.net/andamans-not-just-an-indian-mainland-buffer#axzz2wMGpRx7c|access-date=18 March 2014|newspaper=Frontier India|date=3 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227163100/http://frontierindia.net/andamans-not-just-an-indian-mainland-buffer#axzz2wMGpRx7c|archive-date=27 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
INS Kohassa was established as Naval Air Station (NAS) Shibpur in 2001 as a Forward Operating Air Base (FOAB) for enhanced surveillance in North Andaman. Presently, [[Dornier 228]] aircraft and [[HAL Chetak]] helicopters of the navy and the [[Indian Coast Guard]] land at Shibpur once in a week, on their transit for surveillance of [[North Andaman Island]]s. In addition, the [[Indian Air Force]] operates its Dornier aircraft between [[Port Blair]] and [[Diglipur]] every Thursday for courier duties. In 2009, the government of India accorded sanction to commission NAS Shibpur as a full-fledged air station.<ref>{{cite web|title=Naval Aviation - Air Stations|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-aviation/air-stations?page=0,18|work=Indian Navy|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=18 March 2014}}</ref> The length of the runway is being extended to 12,000 ft and will enable day and night operations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tiger Outsmarts Dragon in Andaman Waters|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Tiger-Outsmarts-Dragon-in-Andaman-Waters/2014/03/23/article2124696.ece#.Uy68i_mSyno|access-date=23 March 2014|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=23 March 2014}}</ref>

Dornier 228s of the navy and coast guard conducted search for [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]] from this base.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

In 2017, it was reported that the runway length would be extended to 3000m after acquisition of about 100 hectares of land. This will enable the operation of wide-bodied civil and defense flights.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} The station, earlier known as NAS Shibpur, was renamed as INS Kohassa after the extension of facilities in January 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/india-adds-more-teeth-in-andamans-navy-to-get-new-airbase-ins-kohasa201901061640050001/|title=India adds more teeth in Andamans, Indian Navy to get new airbase 'INS Kohasa'|date=2019-01-06|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|title=INS Kohassa - A new bird's nest in the Andamans commissioned by Admiral Sunil Lanba CNS|user=indiannavy|number=1088382253368004609|date=2019-01-24}}</ref>

==See also==
; Indian navy
* [[List of Indian Navy bases]]
* [[List of active Indian Navy ships]]

; Integrated commands and units
* [[Armed Forces Special Operations Division]]
* [[Defence Cyber Agency]]
* [[Integrated Defence Staff]]
* [[Integrated Space Cell]]
* [[Nuclear Command Authority (India)|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]]
* [[List of countries with overseas military bases#India|India's overseas military bases]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Airports in India}}
{{Indian Navy}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:INS Baaz}}
[[Category:Indian Naval Air Stations|Kohassa]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
[[Category:Airports in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]

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