Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, on 17 October 2017, laid the foundation stone for the TU142M aircraft museum in Visakhapatnam.
The museum will be built at the Beach Road in Visakhapatnam. The Russian aircraft, which was decommissioned in March 2018 at INS Rajali in Tamil Nadu after 29 years, was brought to the city on 8 April 2018 to be converted into a Museum.
The aircraft museum will be inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind in December 2018.