THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The resurrection of 222 Squadron at Thanjavur with Sukhoi-30 aircraft paved the way for strengthening maritime security in the southern peninsula and helped in maintaining the country's interests in the Indian ocean region, Air Marshal Amit Tiwari, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command, said on Saturday. Speaking at the Commanders conference at the Southern AirCommand at nearby Akkulam, Air Marshal Tiwari also outlined the efforts by SAC in fast-tracking infrastructure development for fighters, deployment of radars and successful conduct of Combined Guided Weapons firing at Suryalanka (air force station, Andhra Pradesh) on varied firing platforms. Expressing satisfaction over induction of an additional indigenously built LCA Tejas aircraft squadron at Sulur (Tamil Nadu), he said the Air Force is in a highly accelerated growth stage and induction of indigeneous systems was in tandem with the Centre's 'Make in India' initiative.