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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-28 · 5 entries checked · 12 flagged · 22 issues confirmed · 4 corrected · 18 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
Supermarine Spitfire — [hero audit] hero image does not depict the subject: MISMATCH The aircraft in the image is too small and lacks the distinctive elliptical wings and overall shape of a Supermarine Spitfire. It appears to
B-17 Flying Fortress — [hero audit] hero image does not depict the subject: MISMATCH The image shows a bombing raid over a city (likely Tokyo, Japan, during WWII), with smoke rising from multiple targets and aircraft in the s
B-17 Flying Fortress — [contradicted] Armament: Five .30 caliber (7.62 mm) machine guns; bomb load up to 4,800 lb (2,200 kg) :: The source states this was the armament of the prototype Model 299/XB-17 only, not the B-17 as a whole; later variants had up to 13 machine guns of .50 cal
SR-71 Blackbird — [contradicted] Missions were flown overtly, with USAF markings, over North Vietnam, Laos, North Korea, the Soviet Union's Baltic and Barents Sea coastlines, Cuba, Nicaragua, Libya, and to probe nuclear weapons installations in Israel and South Africa. :: The s
MiG-21 — [contradicted] The MiG-21 was the first successful Soviet aircraft combining fighter and interceptor characteristics in a single lightweight design :: Source states it was the first successful Soviet aircraft combining fighter and interceptor characteristics i
MiG-21 — [contradicted] The MiG-21's delta wing had a leading-edge sweep of 57° :: Source states 'The sweep angle on the leading edge is 57°', no contradiction.
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