Sagar Pawan

Sagar Pawan

Sagar Pawan (Sanskrit: सागर पवन - "sea breeze") is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Indian Navy's Aviation Arm. It is the only navy acrobatic team in the world apart from the Blue Angels of the US Navy.

The team uses 4 Hindustan Aeronautics HJT-16 Kiran Mk.2 trainer aircraft, and are based at the Dabolim Naval Air Station in Goa, Southern India. The colour scheme used by the aircraft is dark blue on white.

The team was formed in 2003 and performed for the first time on the 50th anniversary of Indian Naval Aviation in May the same year. Since then the team has performed in Kochi, Visakhapatnam, Mumbai(Gateway of India) and at the their home location in Goa. They are also one of the performers at the International Film Festival of India.

See also

* Surya Kiran
* Sarang

External links

* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4918611606976284284&q=indian+navy&hl=en Video of Sagar Pawan performing in Mumbai.]
* [http://www.iffigoa.org/iffi2006/images/CROSS.jpgImage of the team performing.]


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