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  2. North American FJ-4 Fury - Wikipedia

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    The North American FJ-4 Fury is a swept-wing carrier-capable fighter-bomber for the United States Navy and Marine Corps.The final development in a lineage that included the Air Force's F-86 Sabre, the FJ-4 shared its general layout and engine with the earlier FJ-3, but featured an entirely new wing design and was a vastly different design in its final embodiment.

  3. North American FJ Fury - Wikipedia

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    The FJ-3 was powered by the Wright J65-W-4. Navalized versions of the F-86 Sabre; 741 produced. North American FJ-4 Fury, a substantial redesign of the FJ-3 Fury; 374 produced. The FJ-4 was powered by the Wright J65-W-16A; with some variants designated the F-1E and F-1F; North American FJ-5, proposed navalized variant of the F-107. [1]

  4. List of Sabre and Fury units in the US military - Wikipedia

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    List of Sabre and Fury units in the US military identifies the military branches and units that used the North American Aviation F-86 Sabre and FJ Fury. Units existed in U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command, U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Marine Corps.

  5. North American FJ-1 Fury - Wikipedia

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    The North American FJ-1 Fury is an early turbojet-powered carrier-capable fighter aircraft used by the United States Navy (USN). Developed by North American Aviation (NAA) starting in 1945, [2] it became the first jet aircraft in USN service to serve at sea under operational conditions. [3]

  6. North American FJ-2/-3 Fury - Wikipedia

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    4 FJ-3 Fury fighter-bombers of VF-33 and an AD-6 of VA-25 on the deck of USS Intrepid in the North Atlantic in 1957 A VF-51 Fury aboard USS Bon Homme Richard in 1957. Even while development of the FJ-2 was ongoing, the development was planned of a version powered by the Wright J65, a license-built version of the British Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire turbojet.

  7. List of United States fighter aircraft - Wikipedia

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    FJ-1 Fury: Fighter North American Aviation First jet aircraft in USN service to serve at sea under operational conditions. Also the first American jet fighter to employ a single, straight ram duct in its nose. [100] 1946 [21] 1947 [34] /1948 [21] 30 + 3 Prototypes F6U Pirate: Fighter Chance Vought Vought's first jet fighter, 1946 Never 33 XF2R ...

  8. Mark 12 nuclear bomb - Wikipedia

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    A North American FJ-4 Fury carrying a Mk 12 bomb (shape) over China Lake. The complete Mark-12 bomb was 22 inches (56 cm) in diameter, 155 inches (3.94 m) long, and weighed 1,100 to 1,200 pounds (500 to 540 kg). It had a yield of 12 to 14 kilotonnes of TNT (50 to 59 TJ).

  9. John B. Nichols - Wikipedia

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    Originally he flew the North American FJ-4 Fury but shortly thereafter made the transition to the more advanced Vought F-8 Crusader, the last U.S. fighter designed with guns as its primary weapons system. This would be the aircraft that defined his professional career.