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It was early in the morning and the rains had just subsided when I reached the briefing room at INS Hansa, a premier front-line establishment of the Navy, located at the Dabolim Airport in Goa. The pilots in their blue flying overalls, the observers (those who assist the pilot in navigation), the meteorological officer, and the ground duty team were assembled for the morning briefing. It was a ritual on every working day to update the pilots on the meteorological conditions, the availabilit...
