Missions at Griffiss AFB included fighter interceptors, electronic research, installation, and support activities, aerial refueling, and bombers.
The main means of identification, control, and engagement must be by armed fighter interceptors, which are vectored into the intercept by AWACS radar planes.
He opened his staff's summary sheet and went on: "I propose the following: we keep all military surveillance in place except for the fighter interceptors.
Page's concept was a lightweight fighter interceptor with as high a rate of climb as possible in order to allow bomber formations to be attacked with minimal warning.
Suddenly, without the least warning, there was a silvery flash ahead of them as a fighter interceptor, coming from below them, pulled up steeply across their bows.
I considered, at that time, requesting fighter interceptors to shoot down the Icarus XC, if for no other reason than that appeared to be the only way we might learn who was aboard and why.
The first fighter interceptors assigned to Thule were four F-9ABs and began operations on 11 September 1952.
Designed to look like and go like a fighter interceptor, the Reventon is simply massive; 15ft 4inches long and 6ft 9inches wide, so don't look at it if you live in a road with width restrictions.
MiG: Any of a series of fighter interceptors from the Soviet design team of Mikoyan-Gurevich.
The Ambrosini SAI.207 was a light fighter interceptor built entirely from wood and developed in Italy during World War II.