What is tacron 13?
It is Tactical Air Control Squadron 13. It was on the Naval
Amphibious Base, Coronado, California. It's mission was to provide
close air support by directing aircraft to available missions.
TACRON 13 usually deployed to WEST PAC for service in Vietnam. They
would deploy for about six months and then return to Coronado for
one year and they would deploy again. There used to be TACRON 11,
12, AND 13, but now they are but TACRON 12 have been
decommissioned.