List of Indian naval air squadrons
List of Squadrons
Indicates a helicopter squadron

List of Indian naval air squadrons

Section Title: List of Squadrons
Table Section Text: Indicates a helicopter squadron

Squadron name	Insignia	Nickname	Aircraft operated	Role	Established	Citations

Aircraft	Period

INAS 300	INAS 300 insignia	White Tigers	Hawker Sea Hawk	July 1960 – December 1983	Fighter	7 July 1960

BAE Sea Harrier	December 1983 – May 2016

Mikoyan MiG-29K	May 2016 – present

INAS 303	INAS 303 insignia	Black Panthers	Mikoyan MiG-29K	May 2013 – present	Fighter	11 May 2013

INAS 310	INAS 310 insignia	Cobras	Breguet Alizé Br.1050	March 1961 – April 1991	Anti-submarine warfare	21 March 1961

Dornier Do 228	August 1991 – present	Electronic warfare Maritime patrol

INAS 311	INAS 311 insignia	Kites	Dornier Do 228	March 2009 – present	Electronic warfare Maritime patrol	24 March 2009

INAS 312	INAS 312 insignia	Albatross	Lockheed Super Constellation	November 1976 – 1983	Maritime patrol Anti-submarine warfare	18 November 1976

Tupolev TU-142M	April 1988 – March 2017

Boeing P-8I Poseidon	November 2016 – present

INAS 315	INAS 315 insignia	Winged Stallions	Ilyushin Il-38	October 1977 – present	Maritime patrol Anti-submarine warfare	1 October 1977

INAS 318	INAS 318 insignia	Hawks	Britten-Norman Islander	March 1984 – May 2000	Maritime patrol	10 March 1984

Dornier Do 228	May 2000 – present

INAS 321*	INAS 321 insignia	Angels	Alouette III/ HAL Chetak	March 1969 – present	Search and rescue	15 March 1969

INAS 322*	INAS 322 insignia	Guardians	HAL Dhruv	November 2013 – present	Multirole	12 November 2013

INAS 330*	INAS 330 insignia	Harpoons	Sea King 42B	April 1971 – present	Anti-submarine warfare	17 April 1971

INAS 333*	INAS 333 insignia	Eagles	Kamov Ka-25	December 1980 – April 2009	Anti-submarine warfare	11 December 1980

Kamov Ka-28	1989 – present

INAS 336*	INAS 336 insignia	Flaming Arrows	Sea King 42B	December 1984 – present	Anti-submarine warfare Training	20 December 1984

INAS 339*	INAS 339 insignia	Falcons	Sea King 42B	November 1990 – March 1993	Airborne early warning and control	23 November 1990

Kamov Ka-28	March 1993 – May 2009

Kamov Ka-31	2003 – present

INAS 342	INAS 342 insignia	Flying Sentinels	IAI Searcher Mk. II IAI Heron	January 2006 – present	Reconnaissance	6 January 2006

INAS 343	INAS 343 insignia	Frontier Formidables	IAI Searcher Mk. II IAI Heron	January 2011 – present	Reconnaissance	17 January 2011

INAS 344	INAS 344 insignia	Spirited Shadowers	IAI Searcher Mk. II IAI Heron	April 2012 – present	Reconnaissance	11 April 2012

INAS 350*	INAS 350 insignia	Harpoons	Sikorsky UH-3H	March 2009 – present	Multirole	24 March 2009

INAS 550	INAS 550 insignia	Flying Fish	Short Sealand	June 1959 – mid 1960s	Maritime patrol	15 June 1959

Fairey Firefly	February 1954 – scrapped

HAL HT-2	October 1956 – 1976

Britten-Norman Islander	1976 – present

HAL HPT-32	January 1976 – October 1987

Dornier Do 228	1995 – present

INAS 551	INAS 551 insignia	Phantoms	de Havilland Vampire	September 1961 – 1965	Training	5 September 1961

Hawker Sea Hawk	September 1962 – December 1983

Kiran MK 1	1970 – 1986

Kiran MK 2	1986 – present

BAE Sea Harrier	1990 – 2006

Sagar Pawan	HAL HJT-16	May 2003 – present	Aerobatics

INAS 552	INAS 552 insignia	Braves	BAE Sea Harrier	July 2006 – 2016	Training	7 July 2006

INAS 561*	INAS 561 insignia	Rotors	Hughes S-300	September 1971 – 1983	Training	15 September 1971

Alouette III/ HAL Chetak	September 1971 – present

Sentence(s)

In 2013, a fighter plane and a multirole helicopter squadron—INAS 303 and INAS 322—were commissioned with MiG-29Ks and HAL Dhruvs.

final_sentence: In 2013, a fighter plane and a multirole helicopter squadron—INAS 303 and INAS 322—were commissioned with MiG-29Ks and HAL Dhruvs.