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| FJ-2 / FJ-3 Fury | |
|---|---|
 An FJ-3M of VF-121 Pacemakers in 1957 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Fighter aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | North American Aviation |
| Primary users | United States Navy |
| Number built | 741 |
| History | |
| Introduction date | 1954 |
| First flight | 27 December 1951 |
| Retired | September 1962 |
| Developed from | North American F-86 Sabre |
| Developed into | North American FJ-4 Fury |
The North American FJ-2 and FJ-3 Fury are a series of swept-wing and carrier-capable fighters for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The FJ-2 resulted from an effort to navalize the North American F-86 Sabre operated by the United States Air Force. These aircraft feature folding wings, and a longer nose landing strut designed to increase angle of attack upon launch and to accommodate a longer oleo to absorb the shock of hard landings on an aircraft carrier deck.
Although sharing a U.S. Navy designation with its distant predecessor, the straight-winged North American FJ-1 Fury, the FJ-2/-3 were completely different aircraft (the later FJ-4 was again, a complete structural redesign of the FJ-3). The FJ-2 was one of the aircraft used to evaluate the first steam catapult on a US Navy aircraft-carrier.[1]
- ^ "FJ-2 Fury". NavalAviationMuseum. Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. 2014. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2015.