5 Coastal Defence Flight, flying Westland Wapiti II aircraft was based at the station in May 1941.

HMS Garuda was decommissioned in September 1946 at the end of the war, and the Kochi infrastructure was transferred to the DGCA.

The aviation facilities at Kochi were transferred to the Indian Navy and temporarily placed under the command of naval base, INS Venduruthy, on 1 January 1953 to prepare for operating the aircraft.

The 747 Squadron of the Indian Coast Guard was activated on 22 Apr 2002 within the premises of Naval Base Kochi.

The school's facilities include a Thales Underwater Systems LOFAR (Low Frequency Analysis & Recording) training simulator.