In the mid-1950s, the backbone of the air defense system was the radar-equipped all-weather jet interceptor, most frequently armed with unguided air-to-air rockets.
The Canadians used the two-seat Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck...
Its wingtip pods each packed as many as twenty-nine 2.75" folding-fin Mighty Mouse rockets. The radar operator sat behind the pilot.
One of the more interesting USAF interceptors used by NORAD was the North American F-86D "Sabre Dog".
Interesting because single-seat all-weather fighters, with the pilot serving as his own radar operator, were something of a novelty at the time. The F-86D at the USAF Museum has its ventral tray extended, showing the twenty four launch tubes for the Mk 4 "Mighty Mouse" rockets. If you look at the stand next to the plane, you can see a rocket with its fins unfolded.
