The B-36 was arguably obsolete from the outset, being piston-powered, particularly in a world of supersonic jet interceptors.

The .50-caliber machine gun defense by the bombers were ineffective against the jet interceptors.

On 3 October it attained operational status with a complement of about 40 Me 262A-1a jet interceptors.

One of the hangars, once packed with jet interceptors, was converted into an ice arena for the City of North Bay.

Peasants who could scarcely tell the difference between a jet interceptor and a helicopter.

In the age of jet interceptors that was like bayonet fighting.

In fact, the Sandinistas would have been quite happy to obtain jet interceptors from France, and openly say so.

Until an all-weather jet interceptor was available, the F-82G Twin Mustang was seen as the interim solution.

Missiles, jet interceptors, aircraft carriers, submarines and an anti-missile defense system are all completely useless as weapons in this war.

Not to do so might result in either a confrontation with jet interceptors or a nasty meeting with a barrage of surface-to-air missiles.