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Folks,
Coincidentally, today the Summer 2005 issue of ETS (Equipment Training and
Simulation) was released in Tottenham, London. It has a feature article,
(1176 words), on the Indian Navy's presence at Dabolim.
Headline: Passage to Indian a military style.
By Simon Watson
Source: ETS News (London). Summer 2005 at
http://www.ets-news.com/third.php?id=617
Excerpts: Indian Navy Ship (INS) Hansa was originally commissioned as a land
base in 1961 at Tamil Nadu.
With the liberation of the Portuguese enclave of Goa in 1961, the airfield
at Dabolim with its 7,800 feet runway became available and in June 1964, INS
Hansa moved in ...
Since then the airfield has grown dramatically and today, INS Hansa has
become the Indian Navy's premier airbase, employing some 2,000 naval
aviation personnel and more than 1,000 civilians.
The runway length has been increased to over 10,000 feet to allow 24-hour
operations for military traffic and inclusive tour charters from Europe ...
The Indian Navy is going through a major expansion with new types of
aircraft being inducted in the next five years ... increasing utilisation of
airspace around Goa.
Full text, 1176 words at http://www.ets-news.com/third.php?id=617
Eddie Fernandes
From: "Constantino Xavier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 12:47 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Sources on Dabolim/Sea Bird Base
Some useful information on the occupied-Dabolim case and the controversial
Mopa case:
From Frontline: "For a base at Karwar", Ravi Sharma
Vol. 15 :: No. 18 :: August 29 - September 11, 1998
The Navy realised the need to shift its base out of Mumbai as far back as
December 1961, the year Goa was liberated.
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