re: #413 Kenneth
The reason is still debated. One theory is that the US did not want anybody else, even an ally, to have a better plane. Another theory is that the KGB had infiltrated the AVRO program. Not sure how that means you can the program and destroy all the parts, but that’s what they did.
Ben Hur,
It was an interceptor, not a fighter jet.
Can one fight with an interceptor?