P-82/F-82 Twin Mustang
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[1]
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.