Category:North American F-82 Twin Mustang

From The Internet Movie Plane Database
Revision as of 22:16, 22 March 2015 by Bthebest (talk | contribs) (Protected "Category:North American F-82 Twin Mustang" ([edit=autoconfirmed] (indefinite) [move=autoconfirmed] (indefinite)))
Jump to navigation Jump to search
North American F-82 Twin Mustang.

The North American F-82 Twin Mustang was the last American piston-engine fighter ordered into production by the United States Air Force. Based on the P-51 Mustang, the F-82 was originally designed as a long-range escort fighter in World War II; however, the war ended well before the first production units were operational.

In the postwar era, Strategic Air Command used the planes as a long-range escort fighter. Radar-equipped F-82s were used extensively by the Air Defense Command as replacements for the Northrop P-61 Black Widow as all-weather day/night interceptors. During the Korean War, Japan-based F-82s were among the first USAF aircraft to operate over Korea. The first three North Korean aircraft destroyed by U.S. forces were shot down by F-82s, the first being a North-Korean Yak-11 downed over Gimpo Airfield by the USAF 68th Fighter Squadron.


This page contains all films, TV series, and video games that feature the North American F-82 Twin Mustang.

See also

Pages in category "North American F-82 Twin Mustang"

The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.