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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.
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