F-82 Twin Mustang - Mini In Action No. 8
by Larry Davis /
1996 / English / PDF
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Squadron/Signal Publications issued a short series of their typical
airplane guides called Mini in Action in a smaller format. This one
describes the North American F-82 Twin Mustang, 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. --wikipedia
Squadron/Signal Publications issued a short series of their typical
airplane guides called Mini in Action in a smaller format. This one
describes the North American F-82 Twin Mustang, 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. --wikipedia
