Editing INS Vikrant (1961) (section)

===Squadrons embarked===

During her service, INS ''Vikrant'' embarked four squadrons of the Naval Air Arm of the Indian Navy:

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! Squadron
! style="width:10%; "| Name
! Insignia
! style="width:13%; "|Aircraft
!Notes
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| rowspan=2|[[INAS 300]] || rowspan=2|White Tigers || rowspan=2|<!-- [[File:INAS 300 insignia.jpg|50px]] --> || [[Hawker Sea Hawk]]||Operated during the 1971 war, and phased out in 1978.{{Sfn|Hiranandani|2009|p=151}}
|-
|[[BAE Sea Harrier]]||Introduced in 1983, with the first Harrier landing on the ship's deck on 20 December 1983, operated until the ship was decommissioned in late 1997.{{Sfn|Hiranandani|2009|p=151}}{{Sfn|Hiranandani|2009|p=154}}
|-
| [[INAS 310]] || Cobras || || [[Breguet Alizé]]||Operated during the 1971 war, and phased out in 1987, with the last Alizé flown off on 2 April 1987.{{Sfn|Hiranandani|2009|p=151}}
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| [[INAS 321]] || Angels || <!-- [[File:INAS 321 insignia.jpg|50px]] --> || [[Alouette III]]/<br />[[HAL Chetak]]{{efn|French [[Alouette III]] light helicopters were produced in India under license by [[Hindustan Aircraft Limited]] (HAL) as "Chetaks".{{Sfn|Hiranandani|2009|p=158}}}}||The Alouettes/Chetaks were first embarked in 1960s, and operated until the ship was decommissioned in 1997.{{Sfn|Hiranandani|2009|p=158}}
|-
| [[INAS 330]] || Harpoons || || [[Westland Sea King]]||Introduced into the Indian Navy in 1974,{{Sfn|Hiranandani|2009|p=157}} the Sea Kings operated on ''Vikrant'' from 1991, and remained until the ship was decommissioned in 1997.{{Sfn|Hiranandani|2009|p=152}}
|}