North American FJ Fury

The North American FJ Fury was a U.S. Navy carrier-based jet fighter and a direct relative of the famous F-86 Sabre. The original FJ-1 Fury, first flown in 1946, was a straight-wing jet and one of the Navy's earliest operational carrier jets, serving in limited numbers. North American then adapted the swept-wing F-86 Sabre for carrier use, producing the much-improved FJ-2, FJ-3, and FJ-4 Fury. These swept-wing Furies strengthened the airframe and added carrier equipment such as an arrestor hook, folding wings, and catapult fittings.

Armed with cannon and capable of carrying bombs, rockets, and later guided missiles, the Fury equipped Navy and Marine Corps fighter squadrons through the 1950s. The Fury series gave U.S. naval aviation a high-performance swept-wing fighter during the early jet age and shared a clear lineage with one of the Korean War's most celebrated aircraft.