INS Dega (ICAO: VOVZ), is a naval air station of the Indian Navy.
On 21 October 1991, the air station was renamed and formally commissioned as INS Dega by then Vice Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas.
The plan for the expansion of the airbase envisages a massive increase in size as well as capabilities.
[10] On 2 June 2010, a HAL Chetak with four personnel crashed into Sarada River after clipping high tension wires.
[12] On February 16, 2012, an unmanned UAV IAI Searcher crashed into a hill near Himachal Nagar,Gajuwaka while returning from operations.