WThe INAS 300 is the longest serving combat unit of the Indian Navy, based at INS Hansa.
WThe INAS 303 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Hansa.
WThe INAS 310 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Hansa. Earlier it was shifted from INS Hansa to INS Sardar patel but later it was re-shifted to INS Hansa.
WThe INAS 311 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Dega, Visakhapatnam.
WThe INAS 312 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Rajali.
WThe Indian Naval Air Squadron 313 is a maritime reconnaissance squadron of the Indian Navy based at Chennai. The squadron was commissioned on 22 July 2019 and operates the Dornier Do 228 twin-turboprop aircraft under the Eastern Naval Command of the Navy.
WThe INAS 315 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Hansa, Goa.
WThe INAS 318 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Utkrosh, Port Blair.
WThe INAS 321 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Shikra, Mumbai.
WThe INAS 322 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Garuda, Kochi.
WThe INAS 330 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Shikra, Mumbai.
WThe INAS 333 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Dega, Visakhapatnam.
WThe INAS 336 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Garuda, Kochi.
WThe INAS 339 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Hansa, Goa.
WINAS 342 is an Indian Naval air squadron, operating unmanned aerial vehicles, based at INS Garuda, Kochi.
WINAS 343 is an aviation squadron of the Indian Navy, operating IAI Heron and IAI Searcher MkII UAVs based at Porbandar. It is the second squadron in the navy dedicated to operating UAVs after INAS 342 at Kochi.
WThe INAS 344 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Parundu, Tamil Nadu.
WThe INAS 350 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Dega, Visakhapatnam.
WThe INAS 550 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Venduruthy, Kochi.
WThe INAS 551 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Hansa, Goa.
WINAS 552 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Hansa, Goa.
WThe INAS 561 is the Naval Helicopter Training School of the Indian Navy is currently based at INS Rajali, Arakkonam.
WThe Indian Navy currently operates twenty-three air squadrons. Of these, twelve operate fixed-wing aircraft, eight are helicopter squadrons and the remaining three are equipped with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Building on the legacy inherited from the Royal Navy prior to Indian independence, the concept of naval aviation in India started with the establishment of Directorate of Naval Aviation at Naval Headquarters (NHQ) in early 1948. Later that year officers and sailors from the Indian Navy were sent to Britain for pilot training. In 1951, the Fleet Requirement Unit (FRU) was formed to meet the aviation requirements of the navy. On 1 January 1953, the charge of Cochin airfield was handed over to the navy from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. On 11 March, the FRU was commissioned at Cochin with ten newly acquired Sealand aircraft. The navy's first air station, INS Garuda, was commissioned two months later. From February 1955 to December 1958, ten Firefly aircraft were acquired. To meet the training requirements of the pilots, the indigenously developed HAL HT-2 trainer was inducted into the FRU. On 17 January 1959, the FRU was commissioned as Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 550, to be the first Indian naval air squadron. In the following two years, three more naval air squadrons—INAS 300, INAS 310 and INAS 551—were commissioned. The first two operated from the newly purchased aircraft carrier INS Vikrant flying Sea Hawks and Alizés, whereas the latter one, equipped with Vampires, was used for training purposes.