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<h2>Overview</h2><figure data-align="right" data-size="small" data-img-src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/2/23093/3084603-fire%20mustang%20%28j%29%20%5Bc%5D%5B%21%5D_005.gif" data-ref-id="1300-3084603" data-ratio="0.875" data-width="256" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 256px"><a class="fluid-height" style="padding-bottom:87.5%" href="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/2/23093/3084603-fire%20mustang%20%28j%29%20%5Bc%5D%5B%21%5D_005.gif" data-ref-id="1300-3084603"><img alt="The game's Mega Drive port." src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/2/23093/3084603-fire%20mustang%20%28j%29%20%5Bc%5D%5B%21%5D_005.gif" srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/2/23093/3084603-fire%20mustang%20%28j%29%20%5Bc%5D%5B%21%5D_005.gif 256w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" data-width="256"></a><figcaption>The game's Mega Drive port.</figcaption></figure><p>USAAF Mustang is a historical-fantasy horizontal-scrolling shoot-'em-up developed by <a href="/nmk-co-ltd/3010-3219/" data-ref-id="3010-3219">NMK</a> and released by <a href="/upl-co-ltd/3010-459/" data-ref-id="3010-459">UPL</a> for <a href="/arcade/3045-84/" data-ref-id="3045-84">arcades</a> in 1990.</p><p>A <a href="/spiritual-successor/3015-425/" data-ref-id="3015-425">spiritual successor</a> to the studio's 1988 game <a href="/p-47-thunderbolt-the-freedom-fighter/3030-14962/" data-ref-id="3030-14962">P-47: The Phantom Fighter</a>, USAAF Mustang has players piloting the <a href="/p-51-mustang/3055-2727/" data-ref-id="3055-2727">P-51 Mustang</a> in two fronts of <a href="/world-war-ii/3015-471/" data-ref-id="3015-471">World War II</a>: one against <a href="/nazi/3015-113/" data-ref-id="3015-113">Nazi Germany</a> and one against <a href="/imperial-japanese-navy/3015-3187/" data-ref-id="3015-3187">Imperial Japan</a>.</p><p>The game was later ported to the <a href="/genesis/3045-6/" data-ref-id="3045-6">Sega Mega Drive</a>, released exclusively in Japan by <a href="/taito-corporation/3010-135/" data-ref-id="3010-135">Taito</a> on May 31, 1991. This version, re-titled <em>Fire Mustang</em>, shortens the game while removing two-player multiplayer and adding a more-detailed story.</p><p>The original game later received a digital release via <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/hamster-corporation/3010-4703/" data-ref-id="3010-4703">Hamster's</a> <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/arcade-archives/3025-3081/" data-ref-id="3025-3081">Arcade Archives</a> series for the <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/playstation-4/3045-146/" data-ref-id="3045-146">PlayStation 4</a> and <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/nintendo-switch/3045-157/" data-ref-id="3045-157">Nintendo Switch</a> on September 2, 2021.</p><h2>Stages</h2><ol><li>Normandy (Nazi Germany)</li><li>Truk (Imperial Japan)</li><li>Saipan (Imperial Japan)</li><li>Algeria (Nazi Germany)</li><li>Burma (Imperial Japan)</li><li>Alps (Nazi Germany)</li><li>Yamato (Imperial Japan)</li><li>Berlin (Nazi Germany) - Not available in the MD version.</li></ol>