INS Vikramaditya

INS Vikramaditya

Mig-29K India Navy

The Indian Navy has already taken delivery of 16 MiG-29K/KUB naval fighter aircraft destined for the carrier, which were completed before their parent ship was ready for sea. The first MiG-29K squadron INAS 303 ‘Black Panthers’ commissioned at INS Hansa near Goa in May 2013 will support the Vikramaditya, to be based at the nearby Karwar naval base, on the western seaboard. A second squadron to be based at the base INS Dega near the east coast port city Visakhapatnam, where the Navy plans to set up the base of aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, expected to be inducted into the Navy by 2017. The Navy intends to operate 45 such aircraft on all new flat deck carriers.