The Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba commissioned the new Naval Air Base ‘INS KOHASSA’ at Diglipur, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The air base will be used for both defence and civil aircraft and it will function as an independent unit.
Being the 3rd air base in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, INS Kohassa will be used for surveillance of Chinese ships and submarines entering the Indian Ocean through Malacca Strait.