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P-82/F-82 Twin Mustang
North American XP-82 Twin Mustang 44-83887.Color.jpg
XP-82 prototype
Role Long-range escort fighter and night fighter
Manufacturer North American Aviation
First flight 15 June 1945
Introduction 1946
Retired 1953
Primary user United States Air Force
Number built 272
Unit cost US$215,154
Developed from North American P-51 Mustang

The North American F-82 Twin Mustang is the last American propeller 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. The war ended well before the first produced units were operational. Then Haydn Douglas Griffiths Completed the first restoration of the aircraft making it fully operational, he did this amazing feat with his co-partner Eryk Alexander Deryniowski Who was Russian refugee after Destalinization Who Then went on to become a worker in Lockheed.

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  • P-82 Twin Mustang

    The second prototype North American XP-82 Twin Mustang being flight-tested at Muroc Army Airfield, California

  • F-82 and P-51 in formation (060728-F-1234S-017)

    F-82 and P-51 in formation

  • F-82-productionine-1948

    Twin Mustangs and two jet-engined FJ-1 Furys in production at North American, 1948

  • F-82B Twin Mustang 44-65168 Betty Jo taking off from Hickam Field 1947

    P-82B-NA "Betty Jo" taking off from Hickam Field, Hawaii, 27 February 1947

  • 522d FES North American F-82E Twin Mustang 46-354

    27th FW North American F-82E Twin Mustangs along with a Boeing B-29 Superfortress at Kearney Air Force Base, Nebraska.

  • 523d FES North American F-82E Twin Mustang Adak AK

    One of four 27th Fighter Escort Wing F-82Es deployed to Davis AFB, Aleutians in December 1948 for the transition of the 449th Fighter (All-Weather) Squadron from P-61 Black Widows to the Twin Mustang.

  • 317th FAWS North American F-82F Twin Mustang 46-415

    317th Fighter-All Weather Squadron North American F-82F Twin Mustang, the first F-82F Twin Mustang delivered to Air Defense Command.

  • 2d FAWS North American F-82F Twin Mustang 46-414

    Group Commander's F-82F Twin Mustang of the 52d Fighter Group (All Weather) at the 1950 World Wide gunnery meet, Nellis AFB, Nevada in March 1950.

  • F-82 Farewell to Korea

    Farewell from family as 68th All-Weather Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Itazuke AB Japan leave for a combat mission over Korea.

  • 339th FAWS North American F-82G Twin Mustangs 46-366 46-390 46 403

    Flight of 339th FS F-82Gs heading to Korea in June 1950.

  • 68th FAWS North American F-82G Twin Mustang 46-371

    68th FS F-82G at Itazuke AB.

  • 68th FAWS North American F-82G Twin Mustang 46-371 -2

    68th FS F-82Gs on the alert ramp at Kimpo AB, South Korea.

  • 449th FAWS North American F-82H Twin Mustang 46-415

    USAF operational F-82 Twin Mustang, F-82F on the ramp at Ladd AFB, just before going to salvage at Elmendorf AFB, May 1953.

  • F-82F Twin Mustang 46-415 crew

    The final flight crew and maintenance support personnel of an F-82, May 1953.

  • 449th FAWS North American F-82H Twin Mustangs

    Two F-82Hs and one F-82G on the ramp at Ladd AFB, late summer 1952

  • 449th FAWS North American F-82H Twin Mustang 46-377 -2

    F-82H Twin Mustang at the end of the line, Elmendorf AFB, fall 1953

  • F-82B Twin Mustang 45-5168 with NACA during the 1950s

    EF-82B "Betty Jo" with the NACA in 1952 with ramjet under the wing. When retired in 1957, this F-82 was the last flyable Twin Mustang under USAF ownership.

  • F-82C Twin Mustang 1

    P-82C in black night fighter motif. Note the large pod that carries the radar array under the wing

  • 2d FAWS North American F-82F Twin Mustang 46-415

    North American F-82F Twin Mustang night fighter

  • F-82 44-65162

    N12102 (ex-44-65162), the aircraft involved in the 10 October 1987 accident, seen here under restoration in 2007

  • North American XP-82 Twin Mustang 44-83887 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019

    North American XP-82 Twin Mustang EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2019

  • North American F-82 Twin Mustang at National Museum of the USAF

    Betty Jo is one of two F-82B's in the NMUSAF collection at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

  • North American F-82 3-view Les Ailes January 18, 1947

    F-82 3-view drawing

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