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Tactical air navigation system

A tactical air navigation system, commonly referred to by the acronym TACAN, is a navigation system initially designed for naval aircraft to acquire moving landing platforms (i.e., ships) and later expanded for use by other military aircraft. It provides the user with bearing and distance (slant-range or hypotenuse) to a ground or ship-borne station. It…

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Tactical air navigation system → MHz, Pulse, The

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Tactical air navigation systemrelated to OperationThe0.60section
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