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The Indian Navy's Boeing P-81 Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance and Anti Submarine Warfare (LRMP/ASW) aircraft made its maiden landing at INS Dega at Visakhapatnam on 17 July. Piloted by the Squadron Commander-designate, Commander HS Jhajj, the aircraft (IN 321) was received by Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command. This aircraft, which first arrived in India in May 2013 (see Vayu III/2013) is the first of eight Boeing P-8Is that have been procured under a contract signed in 2009 and is based at INAS Rajali, Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu. They will operate under the administrative and operational control of Eastern Naval Command.