Indian Navy commissions the first ALH Squadron INAS 324

Indian Navy commissions the first ALH Squadron INAS 324

• In the presence of Vice Admiral BiswajitDasgupta, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, Indian Naval Air Squadron 324 (INAS 324) was commissioned into the Indian Navy at INS Dega in Visakhapatnam. The squadron is the first naval squadron on the eastern seaboard to use helicopters that were designed and constructed domestically, the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III (MR).
• The INAS 324 squadron is known as “Kestrels,” after a bird species with good sensory qualities. This name represents the role that the aircraft and the air squadron are intended to play.
• The Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) and Search and Rescue (SAR) roles of the squadron are represented by a “Kestrel” searching over wide blue oceans and white sea waves in the symbol of the squadron.

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Published date : 08 Jul 2022 06:11PM