The only remaining XB-70 Valkyrie superbomber is on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The Cold War-era prototype variant of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed strategic ...

During the Cold War era from the late 1940s to the early 1990s, the skies above Southern California’s Mojave Desert served as a testbed for the newest, biggest, fastest and deadliest military aircraft ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Seeing the writing on the wall, the Air Force canceled the proposed B-70 line in 1961, three years before the XB-70’s first flight. During the 1950s, as the Cold War ...

Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even faster passenger plane. It was the XB-70 Valkyrie, an ...

Foldable wings have played an obscure part in aviation since its earliest days when the Wright brothers used pulleys and ...

As the fifth historical aircraft to be featured, the XB-70 Valkyrie will be in the Air Force Marathon History and Heritage race series, beginning Sept. 1. The XB-70 Valkyrie was a prototype of the ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - North American XB-70 Valkyrie A technological tour de force of epic proportions, the legend of the XB-70 ...

What You Need to Know: The North American XB-70 Valkyrie epitomized Cold War aerospace innovation. Designed to replace the B-52, the Valkyrie boasted speeds exceeding Mach 3 and an altitude ceiling of ...