North American
F-82 Twin-Mustang
Along with the F-80 Shooting Star, the F-82 Twin Mustang was available at the outset
of the war. Specifically designed as an all weather and night fighter, the F-82F and G were pressed into daylight service. Being one of the few aircraft
capable of reaching any point in Korea from bases in Japan, they were used in virtually every role imaginable. Indeed, F-82 all-weather fighters scored the first
two daylight air to air kills of North Korean fighters, those being a Yak-7 and Yak-9 respectively. The most obvious
feature the F-82F and G was the elongated radar housing protruding forward between
the counter-rotating propellers, the extraordinary length of the housing was necessitated by the need
to get the radar antenna out beyond the propeller disks. As more jet aircraft became available, the F-82, like the F-51,
was gradually withdrawn from combat service. Eventually, the role of USAF night interception would be assumed
by the tandem seat Lockheed F-94B Starfire.
Effective in many roles, the F-82 proved to be an especially potent ground attack aircraft.
Able to haul twice as much underwing ordnance as the F-51, the Twin Mustang was extremely impressive when punishing communist ground forces.
This aircraft was assigned to the 4th All Weather Squadron.
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