VFC-13

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VFC-13 is a US Navy fighter squadron that provides adversary training for Navy air wings at NAS Fallon.

The Fighting Saints of VFC-13 flew the A-4 Skyhawk and later the F/A-18 Hornet while based at NAS Miramar in California. When the Navy relocated the Naval Fighter Weapons School, or TOPGUN, the squadron transferred to NAS Fallon in April of 1996 and transitioned to the F-5E Tiger II aircraft. The unit's mix of 23 F-5E, F-5F and F-5N aircraft are all painted in a variety of colorful adversary schemes of blue, gray, or brown camouflage. In January of 2006, VFC-13 established a permanent detachment of 12 aircraft at NAS Key West for East Coast training. Subsequently, in the fall of 2006, the VFC-13 Key West detachment was designated squadron VFC-111, with an assignment of one F-5F and 10 F-5N. In parallel, the eleven aircraft strength of VFC-13 at NAS Fallon was increased to 17 (still all F-5's).