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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-24 · 5 entries checked · 4 flagged · 7 issues confirmed · 4 corrected · 3 still open
P-51 Mustang — The Rolls-Royce Mustang X was a specific test conversion of five airframes using a Merlin 65, not a development project that replaced the Allison with a Merlin 65 in mid 1942; the first flight of a Merlin-powered Mustang (using a Merlin 61) occurred in October
P-51 Mustang — The P-51B and P-51C used the Packard V-1650-3 (license-built Merlin 68) or V-1650-7 (Merlin 66), not the Merlin 65 directly.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 — The claim that the Ilyushin Il-2 is a fighter or fighter-bomber and that its production total exceeds the Bf 109 in fighter production lists is factually incorrect; the Il-2 is a ground-attack aircraft, and the Bf 109 is the most produced fighter aircraft in h
F-16 Fighting Falcon — The official first flight date is 5 February 1974, not 2 February 1974.
F-16 Fighting Falcon — The F-16 did not directly replace the F-105 Thunderchief; the F-105 was largely retired before the F-16 entered service and was replaced by other aircraft.
F-22 Raptor — The entry states the ATF program was influenced by intelligence reports of the Beriev A-50 AWACS, but the A-50 is not commonly cited as a primary influence on the ATF program; the main Soviet threats cited were the Su-27, MiG-29, and advanced SAMs like the S-3
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