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  1. So then what is the difference between a P-51 and an F-51, other than the P and F?  I mean, I'm sure they made some, if few, enhancements.

     

    Hi PG_Raptor,

     

    The only reason the F-51 was even deployed by the USAF was that the first-gen jets did not have the range to be useful in theater. Consequently it was (as USAFMTL states) simply the WWII P-51D-30, renamed F-51 in line with the new designation scheme the military was using.

     

    As an aside, the F-51s that went to the ROKAF were literally saved from the scrap-heap.

     

    Torquatus

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