NEW DELHI: In a significant move to strengthen the reconnaissance capability of India along the western seaboard, the Indian Navy has raised a new Naval Reconnaissance Air Squadron under the Western Naval Command (WNC) headquartered in Mumbai.
The Indian Navy on Monday said, “Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 316, Indian Navy’s second P-8l aircraft squadron, will be commissioned on 29 March at INS Hansa, Goa, in the presence of Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff.”