The F-82 had drawn its first blood, and Lt. Hudson scored the first American victory of the war in what turned out to be the last piston-engine powered day fighter the USAF would acquire in number.

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Then, in 1948, it was renamed the F-82. Clear as mud? Well, let's muddy it a little further. Several different versions were made, from the P-82E, P-82F, to the P-82G.

The F-82 continued to fight on in the conflict until 1952, when the final Twin Mustang was sent out for rear-guard duty in Alaska. The introduction of advanced jet fighters like the MiG-15 ...

The F-82 was an aircraft born in the wrong era. The German fielding of the Messerschmitt ME-262 at the Second World War’s close signaled the dawn of the jet-powered fighter.