CAC Mustang

CA-17/CA-18/CA-21 Mustang
CA-18 Mustang Mk 21 in 2005
Role	Fighter Type of aircraft
National origin	Australia
Manufacturer	Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
First flight	29 April 1945
Introduction	4 June 1945
Retired	1959 (Citizen Air Force)
Primary user	Royal Australian Air Force
Number built	200[1]
Developed from	North American P-51 Mustang

The CAC Mustang is an Australian variant of the North American P-51 Mustang. It was built under license by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in the final stages of World War II, and though it was too late to see combat, it did participate in the Occupation of Japan after VJ-Day.