Indian Naval Air Arm
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The Indian Naval Air Arm is a branch of Indian Navy which is tasked to provide an aircraft carrier based strike capability, fleet air defence, maritime reconnaissance, and anti-submarine warfare.
Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA) at Goa appears to direct the field operations of the air arm. FONA also serves as the Navy's Flag Officer Goa Area (FOGA).
Aircraft Inventory[edit | edit source]
Fighters[edit | edit source]
- Mikoyan MiG-29K x 48 (Multirole Fighter)
- Yakovlev Yak-41M2 x 48 (V/STOL Fighter)
Bombers[edit | edit source]
- Tupolev Tu-22M3 x 4 (Strategic Bomber/Maritime Strike Aircraft)
ELINT Aircrat[edit | edit source]
- Yakovlev Yak-44 x 0 (Carrier based AWACS Aircraft) - under development
- Ilyushin Il-38SD x 6 (Maritime Patrol Aircraft)
- Boeing P-8I Neptune x 12 (Maritime Patrol Aircraft) - 16 more on order
Utility Aircraft[edit | edit source]
- Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbine-Islander x 8
- Dornier Do228-101/201 x 26 (Utility Aircraft) - 12 more on order
Search and Rescue Aircraft[edit | edit source]
- ShinMaywa US-2 x 12 (Air-Sea Rescue)
Trainer Aircraft[edit | edit source]
- BAe Systems Hawk Mk.132 x 18 (Jet Trainer) - 6 more on order
- HAL HJT-16 Kiran x 20 (Trainer Aircraft) - to be replaced by HAL HJT-36 Sitara
- Pipistrel SW-80 Virus x 0 (Trainer) - 12 on order
Helicopters[edit | edit source]
- AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin x 12 (Maritime Helicopter)
- HAL Chetak x 30 (Utility Helicopter)
- HAL Dhruv x 8 (Utility Helicopter) - 16 more on order
- Kamov Ka-28 x 14 (ASW Helicopter)
- Kamov Ka-31 x 14 (AEW Helicopter) - 10 more on order
- Sikorsky UH-3H Sea King x 8 (Transport Helicopter)
- Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk x 16 (Maritime Helicopter) - 24 more MH-60R Seahawks on order
- Westland Sea King Mk.42B/C x 28 (Maritime Helicopter)
UAVs[edit | edit source]
- General Atomics SeaGuardian x 22 (Maritime Surveillance UAV)
- IAI Heron
- IAI Searcher Mk.II
- Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton x 12 (Maritime Surveillance UAV)