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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox airport
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'''INS Hansa''', {{Airport codes|N/A|VOGO}} is an Indian [[naval air station]] located near [[Dabolim]] in [[Goa]], India.<ref name=wad-vago>{{cite web|url-status=usurped|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VAGO|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VAGO|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Airport information for VAGO|website=World Aero Data}} Data current as of October 2006.</ref> It is India's biggest naval airbase.<ref name="ET1">{{cite news|title=INS Hansa will retain its importance: Navy |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/shipping-/-transport/ins-hansa-will-retain-its-importance-navy/articleshow/9849767.cms |access-date=16 May 2020 |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=3 September 2011}}</ref> The military air base has a [[civil enclave]], that operates as [[Dabolim Airport]].

==History==
''INS Hansa'' was commissioned on 5 September 1961 at [[Sulur]] near [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. It was initially co-located with the [[Sulur Air Force Station]] of the [[Indian Air Force]]. It was then home to [[INAS 551]] squadron, operating [[de Havilland Vampire]] aircraft, as well as training establishments for [[Hawker Sea Hawk]] and [[Breguet Alizé]] aircraft.<ref name=in-nas>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-aviation/air-stations?page=0,6|title=Naval Air Stations|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=2013-05-18}}</ref>
After the liberation of Goa in December 1961, INS Hansa was transferred to Dabolim.
In 1983, the Indian Navy began inducting the [[BAE Sea Harrier]] into service, basing training activities at Dabolim until the Harriers were retired in 2016.<ref name="ET11">{{cite news|title=Indian Navy to bid adieu to Sea Harriers on May 11 in Goa |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indian-navy-to-bid-adieu-to-sea-harriers-on-may-11-in-goa/articleshow/52108761.cms |access-date= 16 May 2020 |work=[[The Economic Times]]|date= 14 July 2018}}</ref>
Now the base houses [[Mikoyan MiG-29K|MiG-29KUBs]], the tandem two-seat operational trainer variant of the carrier based MIG-29Ks. The aircraft has been inducted into the Navy with a complement of 12 MiG 29Ks that have been purchased with the aircraft carrier [[INS Vikramaditya]] (re-fitted and refurbished [[Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov|Admiral Gorshkov]] of the Russian Navy).

Besides the operation of the MiGs, the Navy also operates [[Kamov Ka-28]] anti-submarine helicopters, along with [[Ilyushin Il-38]] May and TU-142M Bear aircraft. Dabolim airbase also hosts exercises by the [[Indian Air Force]]'s fighter bombers and it has facilities for the [[Indian Coast Guard]] which operates a fleet of small aircraft such as Dornier 228s. The Indian Navy also carries out long range [[maritime patrol]]s as far as the [[Horn of Africa]] from Dabolim.

The navy has an aerobatic team, based at Dabolim, called the [[Sagar Pawan]]. The team comprises three Kiran aircraft which carry out aerobatic displays at various locations in the country. The team is used in one or two annual public events in Goa for flypasts of 15 to 20 minutes duration. The navy also operates a [[Naval Aviation Museum (India)|naval aviation museum]] near Dabolim Airport.

The [[Indian Navy]]'s [[Shore Based Test Facility]] (SBTF), which is a mock-up of the {{Convert|283|m|ft|adj=on}} INS Vikramaditya deck built on the airfield at Hansa is used to train and certify navy pilots of the [[Mikoyan MiG-29K]] for operating from the aircraft carrier, and for the developmental trials of the naval [[HAL Tejas]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Arrester gear of Shore Based Test Facility for Naval LCA passes test|url=http://frontierindia.net/arrester-gear-of-shore-based-test-facility-for-naval-lca-passes-test#axzz2sofMJREt|access-date=16 May 2020|newspaper=Frontier India|date=4 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=India's shore-based test facility for carrier borne aircraft operationalised|url=http://www.goashipyard.co.in/NewsEventsDetails.aspx?id=%7B0051-0112-0148-0128-0161-0192-0225-0256%7D|access-date=16 May 2020|newspaper=Goa Shipyard|date=31 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Maiden Flight of Light Combat Aircraft-Navy (NP1)|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=82764|access-date=16 May 2020|newspaper=PIB|date=27 April 2012}}</ref> This SBTF was designed by Nevskoye Design Bureau (NDB) of Russia for Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA).
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" perrow="5">
File:MiG-29Ks parked at INAS 303.jpg|[[MiG-29K]]s of [[INAS 303]]
File:Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force P3C Orion aircraft visit to INS Hansa, Goa - 2017 (2).jpg|[[P3C Orion]] aircraft of [[JMSDF]] at INS Hansa
File:Indian Navy Light Combat Aircraft prototype during a test flight in 2014.JPG|Test flight of [[HAL Tejas]] Naval at INS Hansa
</gallery>

==Units==
Over 2,000 [[military personnel]] and 1,000 civilians are based at INS Hansa. It is home to 9 Indian Naval Air Squadrons (INAS).

Among the units based here are:<ref>{{cite web|title=INS Hansa Air Squadrons|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-aviation/air-stations?page=0,6|work=Indian Navy|access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref>
* [[INAS 300]], "White Tigers", operating [[Mikoyan MiG-29K]] fighters
* [[INAS 303]], "Black Panthers" operating [[Mikoyan MiG-29K]] fighters
* [[INAS 321]], "Angels", operating [[HAL Chetak]] helicopters for [[search and rescue]]
* [[INAS 322]], "Hornets", operating [[HAL Dhruv]] helicopters for [[search and rescue]]
* [[INAS 339]], "Falcons", operating [[Kamov Ka-31|Kamov Ka-31 AEW]] helicopters
* [[INAS 310]], "Cobras", operating [[Dornier 228]] maritime surveillance aircraft
* [[INAS 552]], "Xplorers", the only flight testing unit of the Indian Navy
* [[INAS 323]], "Harrier", operating [[HAL Dhruv]] helicopters for [[search and rescue]]
* [[INAS 316]], "P8i", operating [[P-8I Neptune]] aircraft for [[surveillance]]

==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==
<references/>

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:INS Hansa}}
[[Category:Indian Naval Air Stations|Hansa]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in South Goa district]]

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