Delivered to the USAF as P-82B 44-65162 in 1947. Redesignated as an F-82B in 1948. Withdrawn from use in 1949. Preserved at Lackland, TX from 1955. To the Confederate Air Force as N12102 in 1968 and returned to airworthy condition. Damaged in an accident at Harlingen in 1987 and stored. Returned to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in 2009.

Now part of the collection of the USAF Museum

Although named a 'Mustang' the F-82 has only a superficial stretched resemblance to a P-51 Mustang as it was, in fact, a totally new design and the last prop fighter to be ordered in numbers by the USAF. This F-82 on display at the National Museum of the USAF was built as a B-model but has been modified to a G- and painted as the aircraft flown by Lts. Charles Moran, pilot, and Fred Larkins, radar observer, 68th F(AW)S, when they shot down a North Korean La-7 on 27th June 1950 over Kimpo AB.