With some repairs, A68-1 was able to be flown out of the Totem nuclear test site where it had been subjected to two blasts in 1953.

A68-30 was parked at Emu Field for two nuclear tests in 1953. In 1968 it was shipped to the US for use as spare parts by Cavalier Aircraft.

Use in the 1953 UK Totem nuclear tests. Recovered in 1968 and shipped to the US for use as spares.

One of the Mustangs subjected to two nuclear tests in 1953. A68-7 had been assembled in Australia from parts shipped from the US ahead of local production. It was sold back to the US in 1968 as spare parts for Cavalier Aircraft.

Subjected to two atomic bomb tests in 1953 under the UK's Operation Totem. Shipped to Cavalier Aircraft the US in 1968 as spare parts.

Photo taken at the nuclear test site for Operation Totem. The UK exploded two bombs on towers at the site in 1953. Several RAAF Mustangs were flown in and parked at various positions in the test area. The damage on the tail of A68-97 due to passing vehicles, not the blasts. Recovered and exported to the US in 1968 for use as spares by Cavalier Aircraft..