<P> The air station of the Indian Navy at Dabolim was transferred here from the Sulur Air Force Base in Coimbatore after the annexation of Goa in December 1961 . In 1983, the Indian Navy began inducting the BAE Sea Harrier into service, basing training activities at Dabolim . Now the base houses MiG - 29KUBs, the tandem two - seat operational trainer variant of the carrier based MIG - 29Ks . The aircraft has been inducted into the Navy with a complement of 12 MiG 29Ks that have been purchased with the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (re-fitted and refurbished Admiral Gorshkov of the Russian Navy). </P> <P> A mock - up of the 283 - metre (928 ft) INS Vikramaditya deck has been built at Dabolim Airport for training purposes as the aircraft carrier is slated to be based at Karwar . </P> <P> Besides the operation of STOVL aircraft such as the BAE Sea Harrier, the Navy also operates Kamov Ka - 28 anti submarine helicopters, along with IL - 38 May and TU - 142M Bear aircraft . Dabolim airbase also hosts exercises by the Indian Air Force's fighter bombers and it has facilities for the Indian Coast Guard which operates a fleet of small aircraft such as Dornier - 228s . The Indian Navy also carries out long range maritime patrols as far as the Horn of Africa from Dabolim using unarmed aircraft such as the Ilyushin Il - 38 . This activity has assumed significance recently due to a spate of pirate attacks in the area on maritime shipping involving Indian crews . </P> <P> The Navy has an aerobatic team, based at Dabolim, called the Sagar Pawan . The team comprises three Kiran aircraft which carry out aerobatic displays at various locations in the country . The team is used in one or two annual public events in Goa for flypasts of 15 to 20 minutes duration . The Navy also operates a naval aviation museum near Dabolim Airport . </P>

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