Adler's Post-War and Modern Military Aircraft

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The FJ-2 Fury was an F-86F (with the slatted wing of the early blocks, as the stalling speed was 16mph lower than with the later "6-3" wing) with wing folds, catapult bridle attachments, tailhook, lengthened nose gear, and the 6x.50mg replaced by 4x20mm cannon. The horizontal tail surfaces were flat, rather than upswept as were all F-86 models.

The FJ-3 had many changes, including replacing the 6,000 lb.s.t. J47-GE-2 (USN version of the J47-GE-27) with a 7,800 lb.s.t. J65-W-2, a larger cross-section intake, and a larger area wing with extended leading surfaces containing additional fuel tanks. The first 344 had the 2 underwing weapons stations of the FJ-2 and the early F-86Fs, but the last 193 had 6 underwing weapons stations (late F-86Fs had 4 stations).

All FJ-3s were retrofitted with a refueling probe for hose & drogue mid-air refueling.
 
If it was built in 1963, it was originally a UH-1D. The -D first flew in 1961, and began deliveries to the US Army in 1963.

The UH-1H was an improved -D, and started deliveries to the US Army in 1967. In addition to many new-build -Hs, a large % of the -Ds were upgraded to -H standard.

It is likely that that example is one of those upgraded -Ds.

As is this one in the Air Combat Museum in Topeka, Kansas: Bell UH-1H Iroquois Huey
Bell Helicopter Company, Forth Worth, Texas, originally built this UH-1H as an UH-1D-BF for the U.S. Army.
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Over 2,000 UH-1Ds were built. Many were upgraded to UH-1H standards, and 3,573 UH-1Hs were built for the US Army.
 

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