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| North American F-82 Twin Mustang |
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| The F-82 was the last propeller-driven
fighter acquired in quantity by the USAF. It appears to be two Mustang
fuselages on one wing, but in reality it was a totally new
design. Its purpose was to provide a fighter carrying a pilot
and co-pilot/navigator to reduce fatigue on long-range bomber
escort missions. Delivery from production did not begin until
early 1946, too late for WW II. After WW II, radar-equipped
F-82s were used quite extensively by the Air Defense Command as
replacements for the P-61
night fighter. During the Korean Conflict, Japan-based F-82s were among the
first USAF aircraft to operate over Korea. The first three North
Korean airplanes destroyed by U.S. forces were
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