[3] It received additional aircraft from Far East Air Forces after the model was withdrawn from the Korean War.

Many of these fighters operated with Strategic Air Command where they served as escorts for the massive Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber during long flights over the Arctic.

[citation needed] The 449th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was the last USAF unit equipped with the F-82, retiring the model in 1953[4] when a lack of parts made it impossible to keep the aging airframes flying.

The squadron replaced their Twin Mustangs with jet Lockheed F-94 Starfires armed with 20mm cannon in 1952.

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