Visakhapatnam: INS Dega, the premier air station at INS Vishwakarma, was visited by naval personnel of Bangladesh Navy Ship (BNS) Somudra Avision on Tuesday and witnessed the performance of Damage Control Training Facility (DCTF) Avijit. BNS Somudra Avijan is in Visakhapatnam on a 5-day visit to ENC as part of Golden Victory Year celebrations. At INS Dega, Commanding Officer Commodore Vishal Bishnoi briefed the air station and briefed the BN personnel about the nuances of maritime air operations. A static display of the aircraft was organized to demonstrate the naval aviation of the Indian Navy. At INS Vishwakarma, the BN team was briefed about the functioning of the DCTF simulator, and later the visiting team performed simulated damages of a ship. Saw a demonstration of the control exercise.

INS Dega is a naval air station of the Indian Navy. It is located on the east coast of India in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Indian Navy initially began aviation operations in the late 1970s with the construction of four helipads adjacent to the civilian airfield at Visakhapatnam. Civil Visakhapatnam Airport was transferred to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in 1981. The air station was then called Naval Air Station, Visakhapatnam. Additional hangars, maintenance facilities and an operations complex were built soon thereafter.

On 21 October 1991, the airport was renamed and formally commissioned as INS Dega by the then Vice Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas. It is named for a Telugu language word for a large and powerful bird of the eagle family.

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