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-5 E 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 camoflauge. In January of 2006, VFC-13 established a permanent detachment of 12 aircraft at NAS Key West for East Coast training.
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