North American F-82 Twin Mustang - Operators

Operators

United States
  • Air Defense Command
    • 325th Fighter Group (All-Weather) (F-82F 1948 – 1951)
317th Fighter-All Weather Squadron
Hamilton AFB, California, 10 May 1948
Moses Lake AFB, Washington, 26 November 1948
McChord AFB, Washington, 23 April 1950 – 1951
318th Fighter-All Weather Squadron
Hamilton AFB, California, 10 May 1948
McChord AFB, Washington, 26 November 1948 – 1951
319th Fighter-All Weather Squadron
France Field, Panama Canal Zone, 14 January 1948 – 29 April 1949
Assigned to: 6th Fighter Wing, Caribbean Air Command
McChord AFB, Washington, 12 May 1949
Moses Lake AFB, Washington, 2 September 1949 – 1951
  • 52nd Fighter (later Fighter-All Weather) Group (F-82F 1948 – 1950)
2nd Fighter (later Fighter-All Weather) Squadron
Mitchel AAF, New York, 1948
McGuire AFB, New Jersey, 4 October 1949 – 1950
5th Fighter (later Fighter-All Weather) Squadron
Mitchel AAF, New York, 1948
McGuire AFB, New Jersey, 4 October 1949 – 1950
  • Alaska Air Command (F-82H 1948–1953)
    • 5001st Composite Group
449th Fighter All-Weather (later Fighter-Interceptor) Squadron (F-82H 1948)
Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1948
Ladd AFB, Alaska, 28 March 1949 – 1953
(Obtained F-82G survivors from Far East Air Force after withdrawal from Korean War combat 1951–1952, also obtained some F-82Fs from Air Defense Command 1950–1952, and F-82Es from SAC 27th FEG in 1950. E/F/G models subsequently modified to F-82H cold weather configuration)
  • Strategic Air Command
    • 27th Fighter-Escort Group (F-82E 1948 – 1950)
Kearney AFB, Nebraska, Neb (1948 – 1950)
Bergstrom AFB, Texas (1950)
522d Fighter-Escort Squadron
523d Fighter-Escort Squadron
524th Fighter-Escort Squadron
  • Far East Air Force
    • 4th Fighter Squadron (F-82G 1948 – 1952)
Kadena AB, Okinawa
347th Fighter (later Fighter-All Weather) Group
Attached to: 51st Fighter Group), 1948
Twentieth Air Force, 24 June 1950
Attached to: 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 24 June 1950
Flight of 8 aircraft attached to 347th Provisional Fighter Group (All Weather), Itazuke AB, Japan, 27 June – 5 July 1950 for combat missions in Korea
Attached to: 6302d Air Base Group, 20 September 1950
Attached to: 6351st Air Base Wing, 25 June 1951 – 1952
  • 68th Fighter Squadron (F-82G 1949 – 1952)
Ashiya AB, Japan, 1949 – 1950
Itazuke AB, Japan, 1950 – 1952
Combat in Korea, 27 June 1950 – 23 March 1952
347th Fighter (later Fighter-All Weather) Group, 1948
Attached to: 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 1 April 1950
Fifth Air Force
Attached to: 347th Provisional Fighter Group (All Weather), 27 June – 5 July 1950
Attached to: 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 5 July 1950
314th Air Division, 1 December 1950
Attached to: 6160th Air Base Wing, 1 December 1950 – 1952
  • 339th Fighter Squadron (F-82G 1949 – 1951)
Johnson AB, Japan, 1949
Yokota AB, Japan, 1 April 1950
Johnson AB, Japan, 4 August 1950 – 1951
347th Fighter (later Fighter-All Weather) Group, 1949
Attached to: 35th Fighter Wing, 1 Ju1y 1949 – 1 December 1950
Fifth Air Force, 24 June 1950
Flight of seven aircraft attached to 347th Provisional Fighter Group (All Weather), Itazuke AB, Japan, 27 June – 5 July 1950 for combat missions in Korea
314th Air Division, 1 December 1950
Attached to: 6162d Air Base Wing, 1 December 1950 – 25 May 1951
  • Air Force Reserve
  • 84th Fighter Wing, All Weather (F-82F, 1949 – 1951)
McGuire AFB, New Jersey, 10 October 1949 – 2 June 1951

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