The new Mustang became the only long-range fighter that could reliably compete ... Late-war P-51 pilots also occasionally ...

Towards the end of the Second World War, as the United States considered their options for a possible invasion of Japan, there was demand for a new fighter ... for the Twin Mustang project ...

It’s the same reason North American Aviation bestowed the name Mustang on its P-51 fighter plane ... horses to the New World beginning in the early 16th century. Horses that escaped or were ...