Tag:beacon:type=TACAN
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 beacon:type = TACAN
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Tactical Air Navigation System 
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A Tactical Air Navigation System, commonly referred to by the acronym TACAN, is a navigation system used by military aircraft. It provides the user with bearing and distance (slant-range or hypotenuse) to a ground or ship-borne station.
How to map
Set a node 
where the transmitter is and add airmark=beacon + beacon:type=TACAN
Useful combination tags
- beacon:code=*
- beacon:frequency=*
- beacon:channel=*
- operator=*
- ele=*
See also
- Tactical air navigation system on Wikipedia