INAS 310

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|dates= 21 March 1961 - present{{cite news|title=The Golden Cobras|url=http://www.vayuaerospace.in/2011_issue3/The_Golden.htm|access-date=25 December 2014|work=Vayu Aerospace|date=June 2011}}

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|garrison=INS Hansa

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|aircraft_electronic= Bréguet 1050 Alizé 1961-1991
Dornier 228 1991-present{{cite news|title=Indian Navy's Information Warfare squadron base INAS-310 'COBRA' celebrated its golden jubilee|url=http://frontierindia.net/indian-navys-information-warfare-squadron-base-inas-310-cobra-celebrated-its-golden-jubilee|access-date=25 December 2014|work=Frontier India|date=22 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323031438/http://frontierindia.net/indian-navys-information-warfare-squadron-base-inas-310-cobra-celebrated-its-golden-jubilee|archive-date=23 March 2011}}

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The INAS 310 is an Indian naval air squadron based at INS Hansa. Earlier it was shifted from INS Hansa to INS Sardar patel but later it was re-shifted to INS Hansa.

History

INAS 310 was formed on 21 March 1961 with Breguet Alizé carrier-based anti-submarine warfare aircraft. Lieutenant Commander Mihir K. Roy was the commissioning commanding officer.{{cite web|title=DORNIERS {{!}} Indian Navy|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/dorniers|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=18 March 2018|language=en}}{{cite magazine|title=INAS 310 re-equips with Dornier 228s|url=http://vayuaerospace.in/past_issues/pdf/Issue_SepOct2017.pdf|magazine=Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review|date=September–October 2017|issue=5|page=147|publisher=Society for Aerospace Studies}} Starting from 1991, the squadron was re-equipped with Dornier 228 aircraft configured for surveillance and electronic-warfare roles.{{cite book|last1=Hiranandani|first1=G. M.|title=Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975|date=2000|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=9781897829721|page=277|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zFyMKROi46kC&pg=PA277|language=en}} The squadron was re-based to INS Sardar Patel from INS Hansa on 29 September 2017.{{cite magazine|title=INAS 310 relocated at Porbandar|url=http://vayuaerospace.in/past_issues/pdf/Issue_NovDec2017.pdf|magazine=Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review|date=November–December 2017|issue=6|page=15|publisher=Society for Aerospace Studies}}

INAS 310 has participated in Operation Vijay (1961), Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Operation Pawan, Kargil War and Operation Parakram.

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