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colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command" title="Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command">Commander-in-Chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Marshal_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Marshal (India)">Air Marshal</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Saju_Balakrishnan" title="Saju Balakrishnan">Saju Balakrishnan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Chief of Staff</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(India)" title="Rear admiral (India)">Rear Admiral</a> Biplab Hota</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Andaman and Nicobar Command</b> (ANC) is a <a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces_Tri-Service_Commands" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Armed Forces Tri-Service Commands">integrated tri-services command</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Indian Armed Forces</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Port_Blair" title="Port Blair">Port Blair</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Union_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Territory">Union Territory</a> of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was created in 2001 to safeguard India's strategic interests in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Malacca" title="Strait of Malacca">Strait of Malacca</a> by increasing rapid deployment of military assets in the region. It provides logistical and administrative support to naval ships which are sent on deployment to <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aapidsa_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aapidsa-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dns27f13_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dns27f13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-navyRP_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navyRP-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands_relief_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/India_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands_relief_map.png/240px-India_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands_relief_map.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/India_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands_relief_map.png/360px-India_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands_relief_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/India_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands_relief_map.png/480px-India_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands_relief_map.png 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="744" /></a><figcaption>Andaman and Nicobar Islands map with various channels and straits in India's exclusive economic zone, including Six Degrees Channel and the busiest Ten Degrees Channel (Grand / Great Channel)</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Straits_of_Singapore_locator_map.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Straits_of_Singapore_locator_map.PNG/240px-Straits_of_Singapore_locator_map.PNG" decoding="async" width="240" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Straits_of_Singapore_locator_map.PNG/360px-Straits_of_Singapore_locator_map.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Straits_of_Singapore_locator_map.PNG/480px-Straits_of_Singapore_locator_map.PNG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="536" /></a><figcaption>Singapore Strait - a critical chokepoint: connects to South China Sea where several nations have conflicting claims over various islands.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sunda_Strait_map-fr.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Sunda_Strait_map-fr.svg/240px-Sunda_Strait_map-fr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Sunda_Strait_map-fr.svg/360px-Sunda_Strait_map-fr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Sunda_Strait_map-fr.svg/480px-Sunda_Strait_map-fr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3579" data-file-height="2395" /></a><figcaption>Sunda Strait, shallowest route unfit for larger commercial vessels.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lombok_strait.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Lombok_strait.png/240px-Lombok_strait.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Lombok_strait.png/360px-Lombok_strait.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Lombok_strait.png/480px-Lombok_strait.png 2x" data-file-width="862" data-file-height="478" /></a><figcaption>Lombok Strait, alternative less popular and longer route in the influence zone of Australia's Cocos Keeling Island military base.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Strategic_Importance_of_ANC">Strategic Importance of ANC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Strategic Importance of ANC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Strategic"></span><span class="anchor" id="Importance"></span><span class="anchor" id="Strategic_importance"></span><span class="anchor" id="Strategy"></span> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">International Hydrographic Organization</a>'s (IHO) definitions of the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal#Extent" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andaman_Sea#Extent" title="Andaman Sea">Andaman Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a> (A&N) fall on the maritime boundary of these two. <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone_of_India" title="Exclusive economic zone of India">Indian exclusive economic zone</a> (EEZ) to the north and west of A&N falls within the Bay of Bengal and to east of A&N falls within the Andaman Sea. Various <a href="/wiki/Strait" title="Strait">straits</a> (narrow passages in the sea, also called the channels) in A&N are officially part of Andaman Sea, rather than the Bay of Bengal, connect the two and shipping routes beyond. The <a href="/wiki/Ten_Degree_Channel" title="Ten Degree Channel">Ten Degree Channel</a> (also called Great or Grand Channel) within India's EEZ is world's busiest shipping trade route which also connects to the very narrow and contiguous <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Malacca" title="Strait of Malacca">Strait of Malacca</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Strait" title="Singapore Strait">Singapore Strait</a>. This route is considered world's biggest strategic <a href="/wiki/Choke_point" title="Choke point">choke point</a>. India and allies could potentially impose a <a href="/wiki/Blockade" title="Blockade">blockade</a> in case of dispute with China whose economy significantly depends on the export trade through this route. Safety, security and freedom of navigation in this area are vital for the global economy. This area is part of the much larger Indian Ocean region through which 90% of the world's trade passes, which in turn is part of the larger Indo-Pacific region which hosts most of the global maritime trading activity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Control_over_vital_global_shipping_route">Control over vital global shipping route</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Control over vital global shipping route"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Trade"></span><span class="anchor" id="Shipping"></span> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Countries_dependent_on_the_Bay_of_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal">Countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Silk_Route" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Silk Route">Maritime Silk Route</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foreign_trade_of_India" title="Foreign trade of India">Foreign trade of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maritime_domain_awareness" title="Maritime domain awareness">Maritime domain awareness</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maritime_power" title="Maritime power">Maritime power</a></div> <p>The zone of influence of the ANC has deep significance in terms of history, culture, religion, economy and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_trade_of_India" title="Foreign trade of India">trade</a>, EEZs, political and international relations, national security, safety and freedom of navigation of power projection of not only India but also <a href="/wiki/Countries_dependent_on_the_Bay_of_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal">other nations of South Asia and Southeast Asia</a> as well as the $3 trillion in international trade which passes through the south Andaman Sea. ANC influence over the gateway to the <a href="/wiki/Far_East" title="Far East">Far East</a> includes the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Six_Degree_Channel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Six Degree Channel (page does not exist)">Six Degree Channel</a> and the Ten Degree Channel in the Indian EEZ in the Bay of Bengal, which is connected to the Strait of Malacca. These are crossed by over 94,000 merchant ships every year carrying world's 40% freight trade to and from China, South Korea and Japan. Andaman and Nicobar Islands account for 0.2% of India's land and 30% of its <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone" title="Exclusive economic zone">exclusive economic zone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stra2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stra3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sea_lines_of_communication" title="Sea lines of communication">Sea lines of communication</a> (SLOC) carry more than 90% of global trade.<sup id="cite_ref-stra12_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra12-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pacific" title="Indo-Pacific">Indo-Pacific Asia</a>, US$5 trillion annual shipping trade passes through the SLOC and <a href="/wiki/Choke_point" title="Choke point">choke points</a> of Southeast Asia and South China Sea (SCS).<sup id="cite_ref-stra12_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra12-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 80% of the global trade passes through Indian Ocean SLOC in oil and natural gas critical for advanced economies.<sup id="cite_ref-stra12_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra12-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Control_over_critical_shipping_chokepoints">Control over critical shipping chokepoints</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Control over critical shipping chokepoints"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Choke"></span><span class="anchor" id="Chokepoint"></span><span class="anchor" id="Blockade"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Choke_point" title="Choke point">Geostrategic chokepoint</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blockade" title="Blockade">Geostrategic blockade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea" title="Territorial disputes in the South China Sea">South China Sea disputes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines_v._China" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippines v. China">Philippines v. China</a>, <a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93Vietnam_relations#Rekindled_tensions_over_maritime_territory" title="China–Vietnam relations">China-Vietnam conflict</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_South_Asia" title="Eastern South Asia">Eastern South Asia</a></div> <p>Since this area in Indian EEZ and ANC influence zone connects <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> with <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>, the safety of Malacca strait is paramount to the economies of numerous countries.<sup id="cite_ref-stra4_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both USA and Russia support the freedom of navigation.<sup id="cite_ref-stra21_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra21-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia's "2013 Defence White Paper" emphasises importance of security of Indian Ocean SLOC trade which has surpassed Atlantic and Pacific oceans trade.<sup id="cite_ref-stra22_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra22-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, China's activities in this region continues cause concern among several nations.<sup id="cite_ref-stra4_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Against the concern shown by United States, Japan and several other nations, China continues to claim <a href="/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea" title="Territorial disputes in the South China Sea">most of South China Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stra23_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> China has militarized a reclaimed tiny islet in South China Sea which is also claimed by other nations.<sup id="cite_ref-stra23_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This has led to China's conflict with several Southeast Asian nations, including <a href="/wiki/Philippines_v._China" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippines v. China">Philippines</a> and <a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93Vietnam_relations#Rekindled_tensions_over_maritime_territory" title="China–Vietnam relations">Vietnam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stra23_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2020, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Indian Navy</a> discovered 12 underwater drones deployed by China in Indian Ocean for gathering <a href="/wiki/Oceanography" title="Oceanography">oceanographic</a> naval intelligence aimed at <a href="/wiki/Submarine_warfare" title="Submarine warfare">submarine warfare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stra22_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra22-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stra4_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> China has allegedly done the similar underwater drone operation in <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> as well.<sup id="cite_ref-stra22_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra22-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stra4_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All 3 major global sea trade routes to Indian Ocean, from <a href="/wiki/Cape_of_Good_Hope" title="Cape of Good Hope">Cape of Good Hope</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden">Gulf of Aden</a> or <a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Hormuz" class="mw-redirect" title="Straits of Hormuz">Straits of Hormuz</a>, converge at narrow Six Degree Channel in Indian EEZ resulting in high shipping density, which enhances India's ability to exert influence over the vulnerability and protection of this maritime trade route.<sup id="cite_ref-stra21_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra21-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shallow, congested and narrow <a href="/wiki/Archipelagic_state" title="Archipelagic state">archipelagic</a> chokepoints in the influence zone of ANC are Straits of Malacca and <a href="/wiki/Lombok_Strait" title="Lombok Strait">Lombok Strait</a> to and from South China Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-stra3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Malaca strait is the busiest and most important chokepoint.<sup id="cite_ref-stra4_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stra20_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra20-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stra3_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All trade vessels from Malacca Strait must pass through most important SLOC chokepoint located within India's Anadaman Nicobar EEZ, i.e. Six Degree Channel south of Anadaman and Nicobar Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-stra2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other two less frequently used channels within Indian EEZ are the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Preparis_Channel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Preparis Channel (page does not exist)">Preparis Channel</a> in north and the Ten Degree Channel between the Andaman and Nicobar island groups.<sup id="cite_ref-stra2_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alternative to the shorter and busiest route through Malaca Strait and Six Degree Channel in Indian EEZ, guarded by Indian Military Base in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is Sunda and Lombok Straits chokepoints in Indonesia in the influence zone of <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands#RAAF" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australian Military Base</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stra16_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra16-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together, these chokepoints are the entry and exit points between Indian and Pacific Oceans, all of which lie within combined India-Australia military influence zone.<sup id="cite_ref-stra16_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra16-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This provides geostrategic advantage to Indian and Australian militaries [part of <a href="/wiki/Quadrilateral_Security_Dialogue" title="Quadrilateral Security Dialogue">QUAD</a> along with USA and Japan] for joint anti-signal intelligence gathering, submarine tracking and warfare missions in Indian and Pacific Oceans.<sup id="cite_ref-stra16_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra16-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>India is bolstering military capabilities in Andaman and Nicobar Islands by placing ship-based <a href="/wiki/India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#Indian_nuclear_triad" title="India and weapons of mass destruction">nuclear missile system</a> as deterrence and a <a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy_Multi-Role_Support_Vessel_programme" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Navy Multi-Role Support Vessel programme">fleet of naval warships</a> with <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_transport_dock" title="Amphibious transport dock">Landing Platform Docks</a> (LPDs) by 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-stra2_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stra18_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra18-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="QUAD_force_multiplier">QUAD force multiplier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: QUAD force multiplier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="QUAD"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/String_of_Pearls_(Indian_Ocean)" title="String of Pearls (Indian Ocean)">China's String of Pearls encirclement strategy</a>, <a href="/wiki/India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#Indian_nuclear_triad" title="India and weapons of mass destruction">Indian nuclear triade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy_Multi-Role_Support_Vessel_programme" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Navy Multi-Role Support Vessel programme">India's LPD warships</a>, <a href="/wiki/China_containment_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="China containment policy">China containment policy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Force_multiplication" title="Force multiplication">Force multiplication</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Command_of_the_sea" title="Command of the sea">Command of the sea</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Quadrilateral_Security_Dialogue" title="Quadrilateral Security Dialogue">Quadrilateral Security Dialogue</a> (QUAD), a strategic dialogue between Australia, India, Japan and USA, is aimed at countering the risk posed to the trade and security of navigation and nations in and around this region.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tanning_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tanning-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Brooks_CNAS_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brooks_CNAS-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> QUAD nations continue to hold regular military exercise in the ANC influence area, such as <a href="/wiki/Malabar_(naval_exercise)" title="Malabar (naval exercise)">Exercise Malabar</a> (see also <a href="/wiki/Balikatan" title="Balikatan">US-Philippines Annual Balikatan Exercise</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MilEx08_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MilEx08-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aimed at countering China's activities in Indo-Pacific, to ensure "free, open, inclusive and rules-based Indo-Pacific region ... and maintaining open, safe and efficient sea lanes for transportation and communication", India and Australia signed a military treaty for <a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">Mutual Logistics Support</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interoperability#Military" title="Interoperability">interoperability</a> for reciprocal access to military bases.<sup id="cite_ref-stra23_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> India has a similar treaty with U.S, while similar treaty with remaining member of QUAD, Japan, is awaited.<sup id="cite_ref-stra23_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> India, which also has <a href="/wiki/Memoranda_of_understanding" class="mw-redirect" title="Memoranda of understanding">MoU</a> with USA and Japan for encrypted military communications, is likely to sign similar MoU with Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-stra23_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> India, USA and Japan have been undertaking regular trilateral maritime exercises (Exercise Malabar), which Australia is also expected to join.<sup id="cite_ref-stra23_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> India-Australia Military Pact paves the way for extending their regional reach through coordinated power projection and mutual use of military facilities in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Australia's <a href="/wiki/Cocos_Island" title="Cocos Island">Cocos Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stra22_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra22-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia, which already has <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">RAAF base</a> at Cocos Islands, uses it for surveillance and to monitor the area extending between Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the north to Cocos Islands in south.<sup id="cite_ref-stra22_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra22-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Singapore_relations#Geo" title="India–Singapore relations">India-Singapore Bilateral Agreement for Navy Cooperation</a> also provides Indian Navy ships access to Singapore's <a href="/wiki/Changi_Naval_Base" title="Changi Naval Base">Changi Naval Base</a>, logistical support and refuelling rights. This allows India, which has similar agreements with Vietnam, Japan, France, Australia and the United States, to counter China's "string of pearls" with "Necklace of Diamonds" ports: Changi Naval Base in Singapore, <a href="/wiki/Chabahar_Port" title="Chabahar Port">Chabahar Port</a> in Iran, the <a href="/wiki/Assumption_Island" title="Assumption Island">Assumption Island</a> in Seychelles, and <a href="/wiki/Duqm_Port" title="Duqm Port">Duqm Port</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-seac1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seac1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Historic_and_contemporary_geostrategic_soft_and_hard_power">Historic and contemporary geostrategic soft and hard power</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Historic and contemporary geostrategic soft and hard power"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Soft"></span><span class="anchor" id="Culture"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Greater_India" title="Greater India">Greater India</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_Indian_influence_on_Southeast_Asia" title="History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia">History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Indianisation" title="Indianisation">Hard and soft power projection of India</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_cultural_zone.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Indian_cultural_zone.svg/240px-Indian_cultural_zone.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Indian_cultural_zone.svg/360px-Indian_cultural_zone.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Indian_cultural_zone.svg/480px-Indian_cultural_zone.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="940" data-file-height="423" /></a><figcaption>Historic Indian cultural influence: Indianized Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms within <a href="/wiki/Greater_India" title="Greater India">Greater India</a>, which also included Andaman and Nicobar as an important staging area were spread across Indonesia and Malaysia (<a href="/wiki/Srivijaya" title="Srivijaya">Srivijaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Majapahit" title="Majapahit">Majapahit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gangga_Negara" title="Gangga Negara">Gangga Negara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalingga" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalingga">Kalingga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kutai" title="Kutai">Kutai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singhasari" title="Singhasari">Singhasari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tarumanagara" title="Tarumanagara">Tarumanagara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pan_Pan_(kingdom)" title="Pan Pan (kingdom)">Pan Pan</a>), Malaysia (<a href="/wiki/Langkasuka" title="Langkasuka">Langkasuka</a>), Thailand (<a href="/wiki/Dvaravati" title="Dvaravati">Dvaravati</a>), Indochina (<a href="/wiki/Champa" title="Champa">Champa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Funan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Funan">Funan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chenla" title="Chenla">Chenla</a>), and Myanmar (<a href="/wiki/Pagan_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagan Kingdom">Pagan</a>).</figcaption></figure> <p>The area in and around ANC influence zone is part of historic <a href="/wiki/Greater_India" title="Greater India">Greater India</a> which was dotted with numerous Indianised <a href="/wiki/Hindu-Buddist_kingdoms" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu-Buddist kingdoms">Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms</a>. Since 45-47 CE, several ancient Indian empires, such as the <a href="/wiki/Chola_dynasty" title="Chola dynasty">Chola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chalukya_dynasty" title="Chalukya dynasty">Chalukya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalinga_(historical_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalinga (historical region)">Kalinga</a> [modern <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a>] and <a href="/wiki/Reddi_Kingdom" title="Reddi Kingdom">Andra</a> traded and exerted Indian cultural influence over Southeast Asia through the Malacca Strait.<sup id="cite_ref-stra4_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the 16th to 20th century, colonial western powers fought against each other for control of this maritime route, trade and the region.<sup id="cite_ref-stra4_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 750-km long Andaman and Nicobar archipelago consists of a chain of 572 islands.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located about 1200 km from mainland India, merely 40 km from Myanmar, 160 km from Indonesia and 550 km from Thailand.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> India's <a href="/wiki/Landfall_Island" title="Landfall Island">Landfall Island</a> is 40 km from Myanmar's <a href="/wiki/Coco_Islands" title="Coco Islands">Coco Islands</a>. India's southernmost territory <a href="/wiki/Indira_Point" title="Indira Point">Indira Point</a> is 135 km north of Indonesia's northernmost territory <a href="/wiki/Rondo_Island" title="Rondo Island">Rondo Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rondo8_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rondo8-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-indo1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indo1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> India's <a href="/wiki/Tillangchong" title="Tillangchong">Tillangchong</a> island (north of Camorta Island in Nicobar) is just 440 km from Thailand's <a href="/wiki/Similan_Islands#Geography" title="Similan Islands">Ko Huyong</a> (<a href="/wiki/Similan_Islands" title="Similan Islands">Similan Islands</a> group). India's Campbell Bay on <a href="/wiki/Great_Nicobar_Island" title="Great Nicobar Island">Great Nicobar Island</a> is 488 km from Thailand's <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko_Racha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ko Racha (page does not exist)">Ko Racha</a> (Racha Noi Island in <a href="/wiki/Phuket_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Phuket Province">Phuket Province</a>). Campbell Bay is also 630 km from Malaysia's nearest island ,<a href="/wiki/Langkawi" title="Langkawi">Langkawi</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Port-development_led_encirclement">Port-development led encirclement</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Port-development led encirclement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="port"></span><span class="anchor" id="ports"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/South_Asian_foreign_policy_of_the_Narendra_Modi_government" title="South Asian foreign policy of the Narendra Modi government">Neighbourhood first policy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Look_East_policy_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Look East policy (India)">Look East policy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Myanmar_barrier#Look-East_Connectivity" class="mw-redirect" title="India–Myanmar barrier">Look-East Connectivity projects</a></div> <p>To enhance regional connectivity, trade, safety, security, and to protect the Strait of Malacca channel,<sup id="cite_ref-portbuild1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-portbuild1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> India is developing several strategic ports in the influence zone of ANC, namely the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Chittagong" title="Port of Chittagong">Port of Chittagong</a> in Bangladesh with rail connectivity to <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-stra1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Mongla" title="Port of Mongla">Port of Mongla</a> in Bangladesh,<sup id="cite_ref-stra1_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sittwe_Port" title="Sittwe Port">Sittwe Port</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Kaladan_Multi-Modal_Transit_Transport_Project" title="Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project">Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project</a> in Myanmar and<sup id="cite_ref-:01_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:01-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-update3_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-update3-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sabang,_Indonesia#Port" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabang, Indonesia">Sabang deepsea port</a> under the <a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Indonesia_relations#Strategic" title="India–Indonesia relations">India–Indonesia strategic military and economic partnership</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-portbuild1_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-portbuild1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with India's <a href="/wiki/Sagar_Mala_project" title="Sagar Mala project">Sagar Mala projects</a> aimed at developing several coastal ports in India, India is also considering developing more ports in the influence zone of ANC, such as the <a href="/wiki/Dawei_Port_Project" title="Dawei Port Project">Dawei Port Project</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Protection_of_exclusive_economic_zone">Protection of exclusive economic zone</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Protection of exclusive economic zone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="EEZ"></span><span class="anchor" id="EEZs"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone_of_India#Border" title="Exclusive economic zone of India">EEZs of India and its neighbours</a></div> <p>The region suffers from the <a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Strait_of_Malacca" title="Piracy in the Strait of Malacca">problem of piracy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stra3_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ANC is guarantor of the safety and security of exclusive economic zone of India, which also lies in the vicinity of EEZs of several other nations including <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone_of_Indonesia" title="Exclusive economic zone of Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone_of_Malaysia" title="Exclusive economic zone of Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone_of_Thailand" title="Exclusive economic zone of Thailand">Thailand</a>, Myanmar, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh%E2%80%93India_border#Maritime" title="Bangladesh–India border">Bangladesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Maldives_relations#Treaty" title="India–Maldives relations">Maldives</a> and <a href="/wiki/Katchatheevu" title="Katchatheevu">Sri Lanka</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_of_ANC">History of ANC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: History of ANC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Maritime_history_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime history of India">Maritime history of India</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Libyan_Polnochny_class_landing_ship.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/The_Libyan_Polnochny_class_landing_ship.JPEG/300px-The_Libyan_Polnochny_class_landing_ship.JPEG" decoding="async" width="300" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/The_Libyan_Polnochny_class_landing_ship.JPEG/450px-The_Libyan_Polnochny_class_landing_ship.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/The_Libyan_Polnochny_class_landing_ship.JPEG/600px-The_Libyan_Polnochny_class_landing_ship.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2850" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Polnocny-class_landing_ship" title="Polnocny-class landing ship">Polnocny-class landing ship</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:INS_Saryu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/INS_Saryu.jpg/300px-INS_Saryu.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/INS_Saryu.jpg/450px-INS_Saryu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/INS_Saryu.jpg/600px-INS_Saryu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/INS_Saryu" class="mw-redirect" title="INS Saryu">INS Saryu</a>, one of the two <a href="/wiki/Saryu-class_patrol_vessel" title="Saryu-class patrol vessel">Saryu-class patrol vessels</a> home-ported at <a href="/wiki/INS_Jarawa" title="INS Jarawa">INS Jarawa</a>, Port Blair, under the A&N Command.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Inception_and_slow_expansion">Inception and slow expansion</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Inception and slow expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The island chain had remained underdeveloped because of multiple factors including lack of inter-island connectivity, distance from the Indian mainland and high-cost of building materials. In the 1960s, the Indian security establishment responded to the increased security threats and established a unified Fortress Andaman and Nicobar (FORTAN) under the command of a Vice Admiral as the Fortress Commander. The Indian Army initially placed a battalion and subsequently the 108 Mountain Brigade, in 1990, under the command of the Fortress Commander. The Indian Air Force chose to keep its units under one of its mainland commands and maintained a liaison with the FORTAN headquarters. 37 Wing of the Indian Air Force was raised at <a href="/wiki/Car_Nicobar_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Car Nicobar Air Force Base">AFS Car Nicobar</a> in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There was a consideration to replace Fortress Commander, Andaman and Nicobar Islands (FORTAN) with a Far Eastern Naval Command (FENC). The previous plan to set up FENC was set in motion in 1995 following a closed-door meeting in Washington between then <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a>, and then <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">US president</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>. At the time, Pentagon officials made a formal request to the United Front coalition government in New Delhi to open a base in the islands.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Post_Kargil_war_rapid_capabilities_expansion">Post Kargil war rapid capabilities expansion</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Post Kargil war rapid capabilities expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, after the <a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a>, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands received more attention.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Group of Ministers (GoM) report on Reforming the National Security System recommended the replacement of the FORTAN, under the Indian Navy, with a Joint Andaman and Nicobar Command which will control the assets of the tri-services and the Coast Guard on the islands. The GoM had recommended that the Commander of this Joint Command would report to the proposed <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (India)">Chief of Defence Staff</a> (CDS). The Andaman and Nicobar Command was in place by the end of September 2001 and <a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral">Vice Admiral</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Naval Staff (India)">CNS</a>) <a href="/wiki/Arun_Prakash" title="Arun Prakash">Arun Prakash</a> was the first Commander–in–Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command (CINCAN).<sup id="cite_ref-aapidsa_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aapidsa-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usi_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usi-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nic1j_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nic1j-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A joint command at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands would help in to prevent smuggling, piracy, drug and gun trafficking, poaching and illegal immigration in the region and especially in the Malacca Strait. The command would also be in a position to assist the multinational Malacca Straits Security Initiative, aimed at curbing threats in the Malacca Straits.<sup id="cite_ref-dns27f13_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dns27f13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tte11j99_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tte11j99-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An Indian command in the islands could also counter any future threat from China, which was rumoured to have set up a surveillance post in Myanmar's <a href="/wiki/Coco_Islands#Reports_of_a_Chinese_signal_gathering_station" title="Coco Islands">Coco Islands</a>, 40 km off the northern tip of the Andamans, but this was proved incorrect.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BurmaNetNews_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BurmaNetNews-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary_of_bases_and_capabilities">Summary of bases and capabilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Summary of bases and capabilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following are the air and naval bases under the A&N command, from north to south, some of which are being upgraded under 2027 roll-on plan.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2020, India is placing ship-based <a href="/wiki/India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#Indian_nuclear_triad" title="India and weapons of mass destruction">nuclear missile system</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy_Multi-Role_Support_Vessel_programme" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Navy Multi-Role Support Vessel programme">fleet of naval warships</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_transport_dock" title="Amphibious transport dock">Landing Platform Docks</a> (LPDs).<sup id="cite_ref-stra2_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stra18_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra18-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left;">Base </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Airport<sup id="cite_ref-stra3_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Deepsea port<sup id="cite_ref-stra3_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Distance </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Upgrade<sup id="cite_ref-stra3_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stra3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalaikunda_Air_Force_Station" title="Kalaikunda Air Force Station">Kalaikunda AFS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kharagpur" title="Kharagpur">Kharagpur</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>) </td> <td>Yes </td> <td>No (inland) </td> <td>1200 km to INS Kohassa </td> <td>Air Force Base </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/INS_Kohassa" title="INS Kohassa">INS Kohassa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shibpur_(Andaman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shibpur (Andaman)">Shibpur village</a> (<a href="/wiki/Diglipur" title="Diglipur">Diglipur</a> tehsil, <a href="/wiki/North_Andaman_Island" title="North Andaman Island">North Andaman Island</a>) </td> <td>Yes (3000 ft, planned to be extended to 10,000 ft) </td> <td>Aerial Bay jetty </td> <td>1200 km from Kalaikunda AFS </td> <td>Naval Air Station </td> <td>New ammunition dumps and capacity upgrade for fighter jets and bigger planes like long-range maritime reconnaissance Boeing P-8I and anti-submarine aircraft. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/INS_Jarawa" title="INS Jarawa">INS Jarawa</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Port_Blair" title="Port Blair">Port Blair</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Andaman_Island" title="South Andaman Island">South Andaman Island</a>) </td> <td>At INS Utkarsh </td> <td>Jetty </td> <td>180 km from INS Kohassa </td> <td>Logistics and Administrative support naval base with jetty </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/INS_Utkrosh" title="INS Utkrosh">INS Utkrosh</a> </td> <td>Yes </td> <td>INS Jarawa jetty </td> <td>180 km from INS Kohassa </td> <td>Joint Naval and Air Force Base at <a href="/wiki/Port_Blair_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Blair Air Force Station">Veer Savarkar International Airport</a> </td> <td>Naval ammunition depot and bigger reinforced command with extended jetties for aircraft carriers and large warships. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Car_Nicobar_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Car Nicobar Air Force Base">Car Nicobar AFS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Car_Nicobar" title="Car Nicobar">Car Nicobar</a> </td> <td>Yes </td> <td>Jetty </td> <td>275 km from INS Utkrosh </td> <td>Air Force Base </td> <td>Capacity upgrade to hold fighter squadrons for more than month. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/INS_Kardip" title="INS Kardip">INS Kardip</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kamorta_(village)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamorta (village)">Kamorta</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kamorta_Island" title="Kamorta Island">Kamorta Island</a>) </td> <td>No </td> <td>Jetty (upgraded to deepsea port for warships) </td> <td>144 km from Car Nicobar AFS </td> <td>Logistics support for navy with extended jetty which can host larger cassels </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/INS_Baaz" title="INS Baaz">INS Baaz</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Campbell_Bay_(Great_Nicobar)" class="mw-redirect" title="Campbell Bay (Great Nicobar)">Campbell Bay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Great_Nicobar_Island" title="Great Nicobar Island">Great Nicobar Island</a>) </td> <td>3000 ft (extended to 6,000 feet) </td> <td>Jetty (upgraed to deepsea port for warships, installation of a robust radar network. </td> <td>130 km from INS Kardip </td> <td>Naval Air Station </td> <td>New ammunition dump and relocating fighter jets and bigger planes such as long-range maritime reconnaissance Boeing P-8I and anti-submarine aircraft. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Force_structure">Force structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Force structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commander-in-Chief,_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command"><span id="Commander-in-Chief.2C_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command"></span>Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command" title="Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command">Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command_structure.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command_structure.png/300px-Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command_structure.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command_structure.png/450px-Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command_structure.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command_structure.png/600px-Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command_structure.png 2x" data-file-width="814" data-file-height="651" /></a><figcaption>Structure of the Andaman and Nicobar Command. The stars in the boxes indicate <a href="/wiki/Template:Star_officer_ranks" title="Template:Star officer ranks">star officer rank</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Andaman and Nicobar Command is commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Three-star_rank#Indian_three-star_ranks" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-star rank">Three-star officer</a> (rank of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> or equivalent) who reports directly to the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee">Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee</a> (Chairman COSC) or CDS (Chief of Defense Staff) in <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>. The Chief of Staff of the command is a <a href="/wiki/Two-star_rank#Indian_two-star_ranks" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-star rank">two-star officer</a>; each component (sea, land, air) is commanded by a <a href="/wiki/One-star_rank#Indian_one-star_ranks" class="mw-redirect" title="One-star rank">one-star officer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The command is currently headed by <a href="/wiki/Air_Marshal_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Marshal (India)">Air Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Saju_Balakrishnan" title="Saju Balakrishnan">Saju Balakrishnan</a>, who took command on 1 May 2023 as the 17th CINCAN.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_of_Staff">Chief of Staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Chief of Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is a list of Chiefs of Staff of the A&N command. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="background:#cccccc"> <th>No </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Branch </th> <th>Appointment Date </th> <th>Left Office </th> <th>References </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(India)" title="Major general (India)">Major General</a> K. B. Kapoor <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Vishisht Seva Medal">VSM</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> </td> <td>12 December 2001 </td> <td>14 October 2003 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(India)" title="Rear admiral (India)">Rear Admiral</a> R. Kala <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Nau_Sena_Medal" title="Nau Sena Medal">NM</a></span></span></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Indian Navy</a> </td> <td>15 October 2003 </td> <td>24 April 2005 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(India)" title="Rear admiral (India)">Rear Admiral</a> S. Chakraborty <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Vishisht Seva Medal">VSM</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>25 April 2005 </td> <td>6 June 2005 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_vice_marshal_(India)" title="Air vice marshal (India)">Air Vice Marshal</a> K. K. Nohwar <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Vayu_Sena_Medal" title="Vayu Sena Medal">VM</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Air_Force_Ensign_of_India.svg/23px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Air_Force_Ensign_of_India.svg/35px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Air_Force_Ensign_of_India.svg/46px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> </td> <td>7 June 2005 </td> <td>7 December 2006 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(India)" title="Rear admiral (India)">Rear Admiral</a> P. K. Nair </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Indian Navy</a> </td> <td>8 December 2006 </td> <td>30 November 2008 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(India)" title="Major general (India)">Major General</a> A. K. Chaturvedi </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> </td> <td>1 December 2008 </td> <td>26 April 2010 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(India)" title="Major general (India)">Major General</a> N. P. Padhi </td> <td>27 April 2010 </td> <td>6 May 2011 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(India)" title="Rear admiral (India)">Rear Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Karambir_Singh" title="Karambir Singh">Karambir Singh</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Indian Navy</a> </td> <td>7 May 2011 </td> <td>28 May 2012 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RAdm_Pillai_COS_ANC_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAdm_Pillai_COS_ANC-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(India)" title="Rear admiral (India)">Rear Admiral</a> Sudhir Pillai <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Nau_Sena_Medal" title="Nau Sena Medal">NM</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>28 May 2012 </td> <td>4 July 2014 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RAdm_Pillai_COS_ANC_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAdm_Pillai_COS_ANC-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_General_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General (India)">Major General</a> C. E. Fernandes <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sena_Medal" title="Sena Medal">SM</a></span></span></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> </td> <td>5 July 2014 </td> <td>14 October 2014 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_General_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General (India)">Major General</a> P. K. Siwach <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Vishisht Seva Medal">VSM</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>3 November 2014 </td> <td>30 March 2016 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_General_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General (India)">Major General</a> P. S. Saj </td> <td>18 April 2016 </td> <td>4 May 2018 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_General_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General (India)">Major General</a> Beji Mathews </td> <td>5 May 2018 </td> <td>4 March 2020 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(India)" title="Rear admiral (India)">Rear Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Suraj_Berry" title="Suraj Berry">Suraj Berry</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">AVSM</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Nau_Sena_Medal" title="Nau Sena Medal">NM</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Vishisht Seva Medal">VSM</a></span></span></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Indian Navy</a> </td> <td>5 March 2020 </td> <td>17 July 2021 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(India)" title="Rear admiral (India)">Rear Admiral</a> Dalbir Singh Gujral <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Nau_Sena_Medal" title="Nau Sena Medal">NM</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>18 July 2021 </td> <td>30 November 2022 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(India)" title="Rear admiral (India)">Rear Admiral</a> Sandeep Sandhu <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Nau_Sena_Medal" title="Nau Sena Medal">NM</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1 December 2022 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assets">Assets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Assets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President,_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_in_a_group_photograph_at_the_Joint_Services_Operational_Demonstration_by_the_Integral_combat_platforms_and_forces_of_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command,_at_Radhanagar_beach,_Swaraj_Dweep,_Andama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_in_a_group_photograph_at_the_Joint_Services_Operational_Demonstration_by_the_Integral_combat_platforms_and_forces_of_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command%2C_at_Radhanagar_beach%2C_Swaraj_Dweep%2C_Andama.jpg/300px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_in_a_group_photograph_at_the_Joint_Services_Operational_Demonstration_by_the_Integral_combat_platforms_and_forces_of_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command%2C_at_Radhanagar_beach%2C_Swaraj_Dweep%2C_Andama.jpg/450px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_in_a_group_photograph_at_the_Joint_Services_Operational_Demonstration_by_the_Integral_combat_platforms_and_forces_of_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command%2C_at_Radhanagar_beach%2C_Swaraj_Dweep%2C_Andama.jpg/600px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1035" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Kovind" title="Ram Nath Kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_the_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Lt Gov</a> <a href="/wiki/Admiral_(India)" title="Admiral (India)">Adm</a> <a href="/wiki/D._K._Joshi" class="mw-redirect" title="D. K. Joshi">D. K. Joshi</a> (Retd.) and <a href="/wiki/CINCAN" class="mw-redirect" title="CINCAN">CINCAN</a> <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(India)" title="Lieutenant general (India)">Lt Gen</a> <a href="/wiki/Manoj_Pande" title="Manoj Pande">Manoj Pande</a>, at the Joint Services Operational Demonstration by the Integral combat platforms and forces of Andaman and Nicobar Command, at Radhanagar beach, Swaraj Dweep, Andaman and Nicobar in February 2021.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Naval Component is the largest component and is commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Commodore_(India)" title="Commodore (India)">Commodore</a> (one star officer). Naval vessels in the component include <a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">missile corvettes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibious warfare vessel">amphibious warfare vessels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">landing crafts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Offshore_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Offshore patrol vessel">offshore patrol vessels</a> (OPV) and <a href="/wiki/Fast_attack_craft" title="Fast attack craft">fast attack crafts</a> (FAC). <a href="/wiki/INS_Karmuk_(P64)" title="INS Karmuk (P64)">INS Karmuk</a> and <a href="/wiki/INS_Kulish_(P63)" title="INS Kulish (P63)">INS Kulish</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Kora-class_corvette" title="Kora-class corvette">Kora-class corvettes</a> were re-based to Port Blair from <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Naval_Command" title="Eastern Naval Command">Eastern Naval Command</a> on 6 April 2016 and 21 December 2017 respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/INS_Saryu_(P54)" title="INS Saryu (P54)">INS <i>Saryu</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/INS_Sumedha" title="INS Sumedha">INS <i>Sumedha</i></a>, two <a href="/wiki/Saryu-class_patrol_vessel" title="Saryu-class patrol vessel">Saryu-class patrol vessels</a>, have been based at Port Blair since 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-tsg4d_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tsg4d-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, four <a href="/wiki/Bangaram-class_patrol_vessel" title="Bangaram-class patrol vessel"><i>Bangaram</i>-class patrol vessels</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Car_Nicobar-class_patrol_vessel" title="Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel"><i>Car Nicobar</i>-class patrol vessels</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Trinkat-class_patrol_vessel" title="Trinkat-class patrol vessel">Trinkat-class patrol vessel</a>, three <a href="/wiki/Kumbhir-class_tank_landing_ship" title="Kumbhir-class tank landing ship"><i>Kumbhir</i>-class tank landing ships</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Shardul-class_tank_landing_ship" title="Shardul-class tank landing ship"><i>Shardul</i>-class tank landing ship</a>, eight <a href="/wiki/Mk._IV_LCU" title="Mk. IV LCU">Mk. IV LCUs</a> and the SDB Mk.3 large patrol craft are also deployed under the naval component.<sup id="cite_ref-inbaaz_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inbaaz-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/INAS_318" title="INAS 318">INAS 318</a> with <a href="/wiki/Dornier_228" title="Dornier 228">Dornier 228</a> and Flight 321 are deployed at <a href="/wiki/INS_Utkrosh" title="INS Utkrosh">INS Utkrosh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 108 Infantry Brigade of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a>, comprising three <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalions</a>, which includes the <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Regiment" title="Bihar Regiment">21 Bihar</a>, is deployed at Birchgunj in Port Blair under the army component. A <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Army_(India)" title="Territorial Army (India)">Territorial Army</a> battalion is also deployed at Campbell Bay.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tniex23m14_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tniex23m14-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Indian_Airforce" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Airforce">Indian Airforce</a>'s 15 FBSU (forward base support units), comprising 153 Squadron and 4 Maritime Element, are deployed at Port Blair. 37 Air Wing, comprising Helicopters from 122 squadron and <a href="/wiki/Dornier_228" title="Dornier 228">Dornier 228</a> from 151 squadron, are deployed at <a href="/wiki/Car_Nicobar_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Car Nicobar Air Force Base">AFS Car Nicobar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Andaman & Nicobar region of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Coast_Guard" title="Indian Coast Guard">Indian Coast Guard</a> also falls under the purview of the command with RHQ and 745 squadron at Port Blair, DHQ 9 at Diglipur and DHQ 10 at Campbell Bay.<sup id="cite_ref-br1m_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-br1m-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tiex9a_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tiex9a-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2012, the navy commissioned <a href="/wiki/INS_Baaz" title="INS Baaz">INS Baaz</a>, a naval air station which is located 300 nautical miles south of Port Blair and is the southernmost air station of the Indian Armed Forces.<sup id="cite_ref-inbaaz_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inbaaz-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> INS Jarawa at Phoenix Bay in Port Blair is the support base for the ships and the main naval and air force establishment in Port Blair. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modernization">Modernization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Modernization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013, the navy proposed to station a nuclear submarine and a <a href="/wiki/Landing_ship_dock" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing ship dock">landing deck platform</a> at the islands in the future, and the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> has decided to station <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30MKI" title="Sukhoi Su-30MKI">Sukhoi Su-30MKI</a> fighters on the islands along with increasing the number of operational airfields. The Air Force also maintains an Air Defense Wing fielding a squadron of <a href="/wiki/S-75_Dvina" title="S-75 Dvina">S-75 Dvina</a> Long-Range SAMs and a squadron of <a href="/wiki/S-125_Neva/Pechora" title="S-125 Neva/Pechora">S-125 Neva/Pechora</a> Medium-range SAMs.<sup id="cite_ref-dns27f13_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dns27f13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The army's single brigade is planned to be increased by deploying a division size force (about 15,000 troops) under the command.<sup id="cite_ref-navyRP_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navyRP-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gs.org_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gs.org-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, it was reported that under the overall "island development plan", which includes a new naval air station at Campbell Bay, the existing runways at <a href="/wiki/INS_Baaz" title="INS Baaz">Campbell Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/INS_Kohassa" title="INS Kohassa">Shibpur</a> are to be extended, while more airstrips are proposed in the archipelago and more operational turn-around bases.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of naval vessels based in the island chain will increase to 32 before 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, Japanese war bunkers, constructed during Japanese occupation of the Andaman and Nicobar islands during the World War II, will be revived to bolster security.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations">Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Operators_on_Indian_Navy%27s_Boeing_P-8I_search_for_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Operators_on_Indian_Navy%27s_Boeing_P-8I_search_for_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370.JPG/200px-Operators_on_Indian_Navy%27s_Boeing_P-8I_search_for_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="160" class="mw-file-element" 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height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/India%27s_search_areas_for_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370.jpg/300px-India%27s_search_areas_for_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/India%27s_search_areas_for_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370.jpg/400px-India%27s_search_areas_for_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="920" /></a><figcaption>India's search areas for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unilateral_security_and_anti-piracy_initiatives">Unilateral security and anti-piracy initiatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Unilateral security and anti-piracy initiatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Andaman and Nicobar Command manages Indian engagement with regional navies of <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>. It conducts bi-annual coordinated patrols (CORPATs) with the navies of Thailand and Indonesia, the annual <a href="/wiki/SIMBEX" title="SIMBEX">SIMBEX</a> maritime exercises with Singapore, and the biennial Milan multilateral naval exercises.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Command also patrols India's exclusive economic zone to suppress gun running, narcotics smuggling, piracy, and poaching, and conducts maritime surveillance, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unilateral_war_exercises">Unilateral war exercises</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Unilateral war exercises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2016, the command conducted an amphibious exercise called 'Jal Prahar' to check readiness and to ensure functional integrity of all three services on the islands. Ships, aircraft and troops along with tanks from both the Eastern Naval Command and Andaman & Nicobar Command participated in the exercise.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Defence of Andaman & Nicobar Islands Exercise (DANX-17) was conducted during 20–24 November 2017. Additional forces including <a href="/wiki/SEPECAT_Jaguar" title="SEPECAT Jaguar">Jaguar</a> fighters, <a href="/wiki/50th_Parachute_Brigade_(India)" title="50th Parachute Brigade (India)">50th Parachute Brigade</a>, missile frigates and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">C-130 Hercules</a> heavy lift aircraft also participated in the exercise. The purpose of the exercise was to practice the defence of the island chain and recapturing islands.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Search_for_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370">Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the effort to search for <a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370" title="Malaysia Airlines Flight 370">Malaysia Airlines Flight 370</a>, the Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command was nominated as the Overall Force Commander of the Indian forces.<sup id="cite_ref-comm1_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Surface and airborne assets from the Andaman and Nicobar Command took part in the effort. The ANC command contributed navy ships <a href="/wiki/INS_Saryu_(P54)" title="INS Saryu (P54)">INS <i>Saryu</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/INS_Kesari_(2005)" title="INS Kesari (2005)">INS <i>Kesari</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/INS_Kumbhir_(L22)" title="INS Kumbhir (L22)">INS <i>Kumbhir</i></a>, and coast guard vessels <a href="/wiki/Priyadarshini-class_patrol_vessel" title="Priyadarshini-class patrol vessel">ICGS <i>Kanaklata Baruah</i></a>, ICGS <i>Bhikaji Cama</i> and <a href="/wiki/Samar-class_offshore_patrol_vessel" title="Samar-class offshore patrol vessel">ICGS <i>Sagar</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOI32024463_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI32024463-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Naval_Command" title="Eastern Naval Command">Eastern Naval Command</a> (ENC) also contributed <a href="/wiki/Shivalik-class_frigate" title="Shivalik-class frigate">Shivalik-class frigates</a> <a href="/wiki/INS_Satpura_(F48)" class="mw-redirect" title="INS Satpura (F48)">INS <i>Satpura</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/INS_Sahyadri" title="INS Sahyadri">INS <i>Sahyadri</i></a>, and patrol vessel <a href="/wiki/INS_Batti_Malv_(T67)" class="mw-redirect" title="INS Batti Malv (T67)">INS Batti Malv</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-comm2_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm2-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-comm3_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm3-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-comm4_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm4-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For aerial maritime surveillance, the ANC command dedicated two navy <a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon" title="Boeing P-8 Poseidon">Boeing P-8I Neptunes</a>, coast guard <a href="/wiki/Dornier_228" title="Dornier 228">Dornier 228</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/C-130J_Super_Hercules" class="mw-redirect" title="C-130J Super Hercules">C-130J Super Hercules</a> from Port Blair, and navy <a href="/wiki/Dornier_228" title="Dornier 228">Dornier 228</a> from <a href="/wiki/Car_Nicobar_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Car Nicobar Air Force Base">Car Nicobar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-comm1_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with air force <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-17" title="Mil Mi-17">Mil Mi-17</a> from ENC.<sup id="cite_ref-comm2_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm2-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-comm3_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm3-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-comm4_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm4-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Integrated entities</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Planning_Committee" title="Defence Planning Committee">Defence Planning Committee</a>, tri-services command at policy level with NSA as its chief</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (India)">Chief of Defence Staff (India)</a>, professional head of the Indian Armed Forces</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Defence_Staff" title="Integrated Defence Staff">Integrated Defence Staff</a>, tri-services command at strategic level composed of MoD, MEA and tri-services staff</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces_Tri-Service_Commands" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Armed Forces Tri-Service Commands">Indian Armed Forces Tri-Service Commands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Theatre_Command_(India)" title="Northern Theatre Command (India)">Northern Theatre Command (India)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Theatre_Command_(India)" title="Western Theatre Command (India)">Western Theatre Command (India)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Theatre_Command" title="Maritime Theatre Command">Maritime Theatre Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Defence_Command_(India)" title="Air Defence Command (India)">Air Defence Command (India)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Forces_Command" title="Strategic Forces Command">Strategic Forces Command</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Command_Authority_(India)" title="Nuclear Command Authority (India)">Indian Nuclear Command Authority</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Cyber_Agency" title="Defence Cyber Agency">Defence Cyber Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Space_Agency" title="Defence Space Agency">Defence Space Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Special_Operations_Division" title="Armed Forces Special Operations Division">Special Operations Division</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>Assets</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Indian Air Force stations">List of Indian Air Force stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_Navy_bases" title="List of Indian Navy bases">List of Indian Navy bases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_Navy_ships" title="List of active Indian Navy ships">List of active Indian Navy ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_with_overseas_military_bases#India" title="List of countries with overseas military bases">India's overseas military bases</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>General concepts</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joint_warfare" title="Joint warfare">Joint warfare</a>, general concept</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Credible_minimum_deterrence" title="Credible minimum deterrence">Credible minimum deterrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cyber_warfare_forces" title="List of cyber warfare forces">List of cyber warfare forces</a> of other nations</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Secretary_(India)" title="Defence Secretary (India)">Defence Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(India)" title="National Security Advisor (India)">National Security Advisor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (India)">Chief of Defence Staff</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chairman_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee">Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Chief of the Army Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Naval Staff (India)">Chief of the Naval Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (India)">Chief of the Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Integrated_Defence_Staff" title="Chief of Integrated Defence Staff">Vice Chief of Defence Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_General_Armed_Forces_Medical_Services_(India)" title="Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (India)">Director General Armed Forces Medical Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_generals_of_the_Indian_Army" title="List of serving generals of the Indian Army">Serving generals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_admirals_of_the_Indian_Navy" title="List of serving admirals of the Indian Navy">Serving admirals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_marshals_of_the_Indian_Air_Force" title="List of serving marshals of the Indian Air Force">Serving marshals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Organisation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Ministry and<br />committees/councils</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(India)" title="Ministry of Defence (India)">Ministry of Defence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Military_Affairs" title="Department of Military Affairs">Department of Military Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation" title="Defence Research and Development Organisation">Department of Defence Research and Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Ex-servicemen_Welfare" title="Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare">Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(India)" title="National Security Council (India)">National Security Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Committee_on_Security" title="Cabinet Committee on Security">Cabinet Committee on Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Committee_on_Defence_(India)" title="Standing Committee on Defence (India)">Standing Committee on Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Planning_Committee" title="Defence Planning Committee">Defence Planning Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Command_Authority_(India)" title="Nuclear Command Authority (India)">Nuclear Command Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Defence_Staff" title="Integrated Defence Staff">Integrated Defence Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Intelligence_Agency_(India)" title="Defence Intelligence Agency (India)">Defence Intelligence Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Joint_warfare" title="Joint warfare">Joint</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces_Tri-Service_Commands" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Armed Forces Tri-Service Commands">Integrated Theatre Commands</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Andaman and Nicobar Command</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command" title="Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command">Commander-in-Chief</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Forces_Command" title="Strategic Forces Command">Strategic Forces Command</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Strategic_Forces_Command" title="Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command">Commander-in-Chief</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Theatre_Command_(India)" title="Northern Theatre Command (India)">Northern Theatre Command (India)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Theatre_Command_(India)" title="Western Theatre Command (India)">Western Theatre Command (India)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Theatre_Command" title="Maritime Theatre Command">Maritime Theatre Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Cyber_Agency" title="Defence Cyber Agency">Defence Cyber Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Space_Agency" title="Defence Space Agency">Defence Space Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Special_Operations_Division" title="Armed Forces Special Operations Division">Armed Forces Special Operations Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Army</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Command_(India)" title="Central Command (India)">Central Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Command_(India)" title="Eastern Command (India)">Eastern Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Command_(India)" title="Northern Command (India)">Northern Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Command_(India)" title="Southern Command (India)">Southern Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Western_Command_(India)" title="South Western Command (India)">South Western Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Command_(India)" title="Western Command (India)">Western Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Training_Command" title="Army Training Command">Army Training Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Naval_Command" title="Western Naval Command">Western Naval Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Naval_Command" title="Eastern Naval Command">Eastern Naval Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Naval_Command" title="Southern Naval Command">Southern Naval Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Air Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Air_Command_(India)" title="Central Air Command (India)">Central Air Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Air_Command_(India)" title="Eastern Air Command (India)">Eastern Air Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Air_Command_(India)" title="Southern Air Command (India)">Southern Air Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Western_Air_Command" title="South Western Air Command">South Western Air Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Air_Command_(India)" title="Western Air Command (India)">Western Air Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Training_Command_(India)" title="Training Command (India)">Training Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maintenance_Command" title="Maintenance Command">Maintenance Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Coast_Guard" title="Indian Coast Guard">Indian Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Cadet_Corps_(India)" title="National Cadet Corps (India)">National Cadet Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramilitary_forces_of_India" title="Paramilitary forces of India">Paramilitary forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_forces_of_India" title="Special forces of India">Special forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Army_(India)" title="Territorial Army (India)">Territorial Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Roads_Organisation" title="Border Roads Organisation">Border Roads Organisation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_academies_in_India" title="Military academies in India">Military Academies</a></li> <li>Ranks and insignia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_ranks_and_insignia_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Army ranks and insignia of India">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_ranks_and_insignia_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval ranks and insignia of India">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_ranks_and_insignia_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force ranks and insignia of India">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Coast_Guard#Rank_insignia" title="Indian Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Roads_Organisation#Ranks" title="Border Roads Organisation">Border Roads Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramilitary_forces_of_India#Ranks_and_insignia" title="Paramilitary forces of India">Paramilitary forces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces">Awards and Decorations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_operations_of_India" title="List of military operations of India">Operations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wars</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts" title="Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts">Indo-Pakistani wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947%E2%80%931948" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948">1947–1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">1965</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Asal_Uttar" title="Battle of Asal Uttar">Battle of Asal Uttar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chawinda" title="Battle of Chawinda">Battle of Chawinda</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">1971</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_Naval_War_of_1971" title="Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971">Naval War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan_Air_Operations_(1971)" title="East Pakistan Air Operations (1971)">Air War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chamb" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Chamb">Battle of Chamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Trident_(1971)" title="Operation Trident (1971)">Operation <i>Trident</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cactus-Lilly" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Cactus-Lilly">Operation <i>Cactus-Lilly</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Longewala" title="Battle of Longewala">Battle of Longewala</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_War" title="Sino-Indian War">Sino-Indian War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">External <br />conflicts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kashmir_conflict" title="Kashmir conflict">Kashmir conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siachen_conflict" title="Siachen conflict">Siachen conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_of_Control" title="Line of Control">Indo-Pakistani border skirmishes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%932002_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_standoff" title="2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff">Operation <i>Parakram</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmish" title="2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%932015_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2014–2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%932018_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2016–2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes">2019</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Balakot_airstrike" title="2019 Balakot airstrike">Balakot airstrike</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congo_Crisis" title="Congo Crisis">Congo Crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_of_Actual_Control" title="Line of Actual Control">Sino-Indian border skirmish</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sumdorong_Chu_standoff" title="Sumdorong Chu standoff">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathu_La_and_Cho_La_clashes" title="Nathu La and Cho La clashes">Nathu La and Cho La clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_China%E2%80%93India_border_standoff" title="2017 China–India border standoff">Doklam standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_China%E2%80%93India_skirmishes" title="2020–2021 China–India skirmishes">2020</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_intervention_in_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War">Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Maldives_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt">Operation <i>Cactus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_airlift_of_Indians_from_Kuwait" title="1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait">Evacuation of Indian civilians from Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_off_the_coast_of_Somalia" title="Piracy off the coast of Somalia">Piracy off the coast of Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Raahat" title="Operation Raahat">Operation <i>Raahat</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Devi_Shakti" title="Operation Devi Shakti">Operation <i>Devi Shakti</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Indian_counter-insurgency_operation_in_Myanmar" title="2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar">Indo-Myanmar border strike</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Annexations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Hyderabad" title="Annexation of Hyderabad">Operation <i>Polo</i> (Hyderabad)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Goa" title="Annexation of Goa">Operation <i>Vijay</i> (Portuguese India - Goa, Damaon, Silvassa & Diu)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Junagadh" title="Annexation of Junagadh">Junagadh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli" title="Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli">Dadra and Nagar Haveli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Insurgencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Northeast_India" title="Insurgency in Northeast India">Northeast India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Punjab" class="mw-redirect" title="Insurgency in Punjab">Punjab</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star" title="Operation Blue Star">Operation <i>Blue Star</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Woodrose" title="Operation Woodrose">Operation <i>Woodrose</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir">Kashmir</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_operations_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir">Counter-insurgency operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Indian_Line_of_Control_strike" title="2016 Indian Line of Control strike">LOC surgical strike</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation" title="Defence Research and Development Organisation">Defence Research and Development Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Factory_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordnance Factory Board">Ordnance Factory Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_military_missiles" title="List of Indian military missiles">Ballistic missiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="India and weapons of mass destruction">Weapons of mass destruction</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Indian_Army" title="List of equipment of the Indian Army">List of equipment 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (India)">Chief of the Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(India)" title="Vice Chief of the Air Staff (India)">Vice Chief of the Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(India)" title="Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (India)">Deputy Chief of the Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_marshals_of_the_Indian_Air_Force#Air_Commanders_(Commander-in-Chief_grade)" title="List of serving marshals of the Indian Air Force">AOCs-in-C (Commander-in-Chief)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_marshals_of_the_Indian_Air_Force" title="List of serving marshals of the Indian Air Force">Serving marshals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Components<br />& commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air Force commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operational</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Air_Command_(India)" title="Central Air Command (India)">Central Air Command</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Joint</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Andaman and Nicobar Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Forces_Command" title="Strategic Forces Command">Strategic Forces Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Cyber_Agency" title="Defence Cyber Agency">Defence Cyber Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Space_Agency" title="Defence Space Agency">Defence Space Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Special_Operations_Division" title="Armed Forces Special Operations Division">Armed Forces Special Operations Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Indian Air Force stations">Air bases</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Air_Command_(India)" title="Western Air Command (India)">Western Air Command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adampur" title="Adampur">Adampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambala_Air_Force_Station" title="Ambala Air Force Station">Ambala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Guru_Ram_Das_Ji_International_Airport" title="Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport">Amritsar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awantipora" title="Awantipora">Awantipora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bathinda_Airport" title="Bathinda Airport">Bathinda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh_Airport" title="Chandigarh Airport">Chandigarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Nahar_Singh_Faridabad_Air_Force_Logistics_Station" title="Raja Nahar Singh Faridabad Air Force Logistics Station">Faridabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurugram_Air_Force_Station" title="Gurugram Air Force Station">Gurugram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halwara_Air_Force_Station" title="Halwara Air Force Station">Halwara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindan_Air_Force_Station" title="Hindan Air Force Station">Hindan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushok_Bakula_Rimpochee_Airport" title="Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport">Leh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_International_Airport" title="Indira Gandhi International Airport">Palam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathankot_Airport#Air_Force_Station" title="Pathankot Airport">Pathankot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarsawa_Air_Force_Station" title="Sarsawa Air Force Station">Sarsawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siachen_Glacier" title="Siachen Glacier">Siachen Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirsa_Air_Force_Station" title="Sirsa Air Force Station">Sirsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srinagar_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Srinagar Air Force Station">Srinagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udhampur_Air_Force_Station" title="Udhampur Air Force Station">Udhampur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Air_Command_(India)" title="Eastern Air Command (India)">Eastern Air Command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maharaja_Bir_Bikram_Airport" title="Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport">Agartala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagdogra_Airport" title="Bagdogra Airport">Bagdogra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shillong_Airport" title="Shillong Airport">Barapani AFS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_Air_Force_Station" title="Barrackpore Air Force Station">Barrackpore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chabua_Air_Force_Station" title="Chabua Air Force Station">Chabua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netaji_Subhas_Chandra_Bose_International_Airport" title="Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport">Dum Dum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasimara_Air_Force_Station" title="Hasimara Air Force Station">Hasimara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorhat_Airport" title="Jorhat Airport">Jorhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalaikunda_Air_Force_Station" title="Kalaikunda Air Force Station">Kalaikunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silchar_Airport" title="Silchar Airport">Kumbhigram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh_Airport" title="Dibrugarh Airport">Mohanbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lokpriya_Gopinath_Bordoloi_International_Airport" title="Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport">Mountain Shadow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tawang_Air_Force_Station" title="Tawang Air Force Station">Tawang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tezpur_Airport" title="Tezpur Airport">Tezpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Station_Arjan_Singh" title="Air Force Station Arjan Singh">Panagarh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Central_Air_Command_(India)" title="Central Air Command (India)">Central Air Command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agra_Airport" title="Agra Airport">Agra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihta_Air_Force_Station" title="Bihta Air Force Station">Bihta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darbhanga#Airport" title="Darbhanga">Darbhanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Air_Force_Station" title="Lucknow Air Force Station">Bakshi Ka Talab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allahabad_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Allahabad Airport">Bamrauli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bareilly_Airport" title="Bareilly Airport">Bareilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanpur_Airport" title="Kanpur Airport">Chakeri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorakhpur_Airport" title="Gorakhpur Airport">Gorakhpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwalior_Airport" title="Gwalior Airport">Maharajpur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Air_Command_(India)" title="Southern Air Command (India)">Southern Air Command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Car_Nicobar_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Car Nicobar Air Force Base">Car Nicobar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulur_Air_Force_Station" title="Sulur Air Force Station">Coimbatore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madurai_Airport" title="Madurai Airport">Madurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veer_Savarkar_International_Airport" title="Veer Savarkar International Airport">Port Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tambaram_Air_Force_Station" title="Tambaram Air Force Station">Tambaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanjavur_Air_Force_Station" title="Thanjavur Air Force Station">Thanjavur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/South_Western_Air_Command" title="South Western Air Command">South Western Air Command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhuj_Rudra_Mata_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhuj Rudra Mata Air Force Base">Bhuj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_Airport" title="Jaisalmer Airport">Jaisalmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamnagar_Airport" title="Jamnagar Airport">Jamnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodhpur_Airport" title="Jodhpur Airport">Jodhpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pune_Airport#Air_Force_Station,_Lohegaon" title="Pune Airport">Lohegaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bikaner_Airport" title="Bikaner Airport">Nal-Bikaner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naliya_Air_Force_Station" title="Naliya Air Force Station">Naliya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phalodi_Air_Force_Station" title="Phalodi Air Force Station">Phalodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttarlai_Air_Force_Station" title="Uttarlai Air Force Station">Uttarlai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadodara_Airport#IAF_Station_Baroda" title="Vadodara Airport">Makarpura</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Training_Command_(India)" title="Training Command (India)">Training Command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Begumpet_Airport" title="Begumpet Airport">Begumpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bidar_Airport#Bidar_Air_Force_Station" title="Bidar Airport">Bidar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Academy_(India)" title="Air Force Academy (India)">Dundigal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakimpet_Air_Force_Station" title="Hakimpet Air Force Station">Hakimpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yelahanka_Air_Force_Station" title="Yelahanka Air Force Station">Yelahanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgaum_Airport" title="Belgaum Airport">Belgaum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Maintenance_Command" title="Maintenance Command">Maintenance Command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Babasaheb_Ambedkar_International_Airport" title="Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport">Nagpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashik_Airport#Ojhar_Air_Force_Station" title="Nashik Airport">Ojhar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Landing_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Landing Ground">Advanced Landing Grounds</a> (ALGs)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aalo" title="Aalo">Along</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinyalisaur_Airport" title="Chinyalisaur Airport">Chinyalisaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chushul" title="Chushul">Chushul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daulat_Beg_Oldi#Advanced_Landing_Ground" title="Daulat Beg Oldi">Daulat Beg Oldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukche" title="Fukche">Fukche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayuliang" title="Hayuliang">Hayuliang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechuka#Mechuka_Airport" title="Mechuka">Mechuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyoma" title="Nyoma">Nyoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasighat_Airport" title="Pasighat Airport">Pasighat Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tawang" title="Tawang">Tawang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoise" class="mw-redirect" title="Thoise">Thoise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuting#Tuting_Airport" title="Tuting">Tuting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijaynagar,_Changlang" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijaynagar, Changlang">Vijaynagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walong" title="Walong">Walong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziro" title="Ziro">Ziro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of active Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons">Squadrons</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Combat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._1_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 1 Squadron IAF">No. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 2 Squadron IAF">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._3_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 3 Squadron IAF">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 4 Squadron IAF">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._5_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 5 Squadron IAF">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._6_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 6 Squadron IAF">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._7_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 7 Squadron IAF">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._8_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 8 Squadron IAF">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 9 Squadron IAF">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._14_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 14 Squadron IAF">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._15_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 15 Squadron IAF">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._16_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 16 Squadron IAF">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._17_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 17 Squadron IAF">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._18_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 18 Squadron IAF">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._20_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 20 Squadron IAF">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._23_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 23 Squadron IAF">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._24_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 24 Squadron IAF">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._27_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 27 Squadron IAF">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._28_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 28 Squadron IAF">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._30_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 30 Squadron IAF">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._31_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 31 Squadron IAF">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._45_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 45 Squadron IAF">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._47_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 47 Squadron IAF">47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._101_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 101 Squadron IAF">101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._102_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 102 Squadron IAF">102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._106_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 106 Squadron IAF">106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._220_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 220 Squadron IAF">220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._221_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 221 Squadron IAF">221</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._222_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 222 Squadron IAF">222</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._223_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 223 Squadron IAF">223</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._224_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 224 Squadron IAF">224</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Transport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._11_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 11 Squadron IAF">No. 11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._12_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 12 Squadron IAF">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._19_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 19 Squadron IAF">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._25_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 25 Squadron IAF">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._33_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 33 Squadron IAF">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._41_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 41 Squadron IAF">41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._43_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 43 Squadron IAF">43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._44_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 44 Squadron IAF">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._48_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 48 Squadron IAF">48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._49_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 49 Squadron IAF">49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._59_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 59 Squadron IAF">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._77_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 77 Squadron IAF">77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._78_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 78 Squadron IAF">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._81_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 81 Squadron IAF">81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._87_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 87 Squadron IAF">87</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Helicopters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._104_Helicopter_Squadron,_IAF" title="No. 104 Helicopter Squadron, IAF">No. 104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._125_Helicopter_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 125 Helicopter Squadron IAF">125</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._105_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 105 Helicopter Unit, IAF">No. 105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._107_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 107 Helicopter Unit, IAF">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._109_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 109 Helicopter Unit, IAF">109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._110_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 110 Helicopter Unit, IAF">110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._111_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF">111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._112_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 112 Helicopter Unit, IAF">112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._114_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 114 Helicopter Unit, IAF">114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._115_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 115 Helicopter Unit, IAF">115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._116_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 116 Helicopter Unit, IAF">116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._117_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 117 Helicopter Unit, IAF">117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._118_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 118 Helicopter Unit, IAF">118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._119_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 119 Helicopter Unit, IAF">119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._127_Helicopter_Unit_IAF" title="No. 127 Helicopter Unit IAF">127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._128_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 128 Helicopter Unit, IAF">128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._129_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 129 Helicopter Unit, IAF">129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._130_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 130 Helicopter Unit, IAF">130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._143_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 143 Helicopter Unit, IAF">143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._152_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 152 Helicopter Unit, IAF">152</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._153_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 153 Helicopter Unit, IAF">153</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._154_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 154 Helicopter Unit, IAF">154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._155_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 155 Helicopter Unit, IAF">155</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._156_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 156 Helicopter Unit, IAF">156</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._157_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 157 Helicopter Unit, IAF">157</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._158_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 158 Helicopter Unit, IAF">158</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._159_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" title="No. 159 Helicopter Unit, IAF">159</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Flights</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._121_Helicopter_Flight,_IAF" title="No. 121 Helicopter Flight, IAF">No. 121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._122_Helicopter_Flight,_IAF" title="No. 122 Helicopter Flight, IAF">122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._126_Helicopter_Flight,_IAF" title="No. 126 Helicopter Flight, IAF">126</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._131_Helicopter_Flight,_IAF" title="No. 131 Helicopter Flight, IAF">131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._132_Helicopter_Flight,_IAF" title="No. 132 Helicopter Flight, IAF">132</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Acrobatic display</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._52_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 52 Squadron IAF">No. 52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._151_Helicopter_Unit,_IAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 151 Helicopter Unit, IAF">151 HU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Communication</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_HQ_Communication_Squadron,_Indian_Air_Force" title="Air HQ Communication Squadron, Indian Air Force">AHQCS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">EW/AWS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._50_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 50 Squadron IAF">No. 50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._181_Flight,_IAF" title="No. 181 Flight, IAF">181</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._200_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 200 Squadron IAF">200</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">RPA</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons#Remotely_piloted_aircraft_(RPA)" title="List of active Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons">No. 3001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons#Remotely_piloted_aircraft_(RPA)" title="List of active Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons">3002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons#Remotely_piloted_aircraft_(RPA)" title="List of active Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons">3003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons#Remotely_piloted_aircraft_(RPA)" title="List of active Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons">3004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons#Remotely_piloted_aircraft_(RPA)" title="List of active Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons">3005</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Number plated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._10_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 10 Squadron IAF">No. 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._21_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 21 Squadron IAF">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 22 Squadron IAF">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._26_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 26 Squadron IAF">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._29_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 29 Squadron IAF">29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._32_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 32 Squadron IAF">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._35_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 35 Squadron IAF">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._37_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 37 Squadron IAF">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._51_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 51 Squadron IAF">51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._108_Squadron_IAF" title="No. 108 Squadron IAF">108</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_military_aircraft" title="List of active Indian military aircraft">List of active Indian military aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historical_aircraft_of_the_Indian_Air_Force" title="List of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force">List of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Military_academies_in_India" title="Military academies in India">Military<br />academies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Education & training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sainik_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Sainik School">Sainik School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Medical_College_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed Forces Medical College (India)">Armed Forces Medical College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajmer_Military_School" title="Ajmer Military School">Ajmer Military School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangalore_Military_School" title="Bangalore Military School">Bangalore Military School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgaum_Military_School" title="Belgaum Military School">Belgaum Military School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chail_Military_School" title="Chail Military School">Chail Military School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dholpur_Military_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Dholpur Military School">Dholpur Military School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Indian_Military_College" title="Rashtriya Indian Military College">Rashtriya Indian Military College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Schools & colleges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Academy_(India)" title="Air Force Academy (India)">Air Force Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Administrative_College" title="Air Force Administrative College">Air Force Administrative College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_School,_Coimbatore" title="Air Force School, Coimbatore">Air Force School, Coimbatore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_School,_Jodhpur" title="Air Force School, Jodhpur">Air Force School, Jodhpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_Instructors_School_(India)" title="Flying Instructors School (India)">Flying Instructors School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force_Test_Pilot_School" title="Indian Air Force Test Pilot School">Indian Air Force Test Pilot School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactics_and_Air_Combat_Development_Establishment" title="Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment">Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Defence_College" title="Air Defence College">Air Defence College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Air_Warfare" title="College of Air Warfare">College of Air Warfare</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Tri-service institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Services_Staff_College" title="Defence Services Staff College">Defence Services Staff College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Defence_Academy_(India)" title="National Defence Academy (India)">National Defence Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Defence_College_(India)" title="National Defence College (India)">National Defence College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Defence_Management" title="College of Defence Management">College of Defence Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Institute_of_Technology" title="Military Institute of Technology">Military Institute of Technology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Insignia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces">Awards and decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_ranks_and_insignia_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force ranks and insignia of India">Ranks and insignia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Air_Force_ranks_and_insignia_of_India#Officer_ranks" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force ranks and insignia of India">Officers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_ranks_and_insignia_of_India#Junior_commissioned_officer_and_non-commissioned_ranks" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force ranks and insignia of 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