The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, often dubbed as a supersonic Cold War beast, emerged as a symbol of American aviation ...

Summary: The XB-70 was designed to be larger and faster than the B-52. It was 196 feet long, 31 feet tall at the tail, with a 105-foot wingspan, and powered by six turbojet engines. -It could reach ...

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 ...

The XB-70 Valkyrie was one of the most ambitious aircraft projects of the Cold War—a massive supersonic bomber designed to ...

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 ...

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- The XB-70 Valkyrie streaked through the skies near three times the speed of sound in flight tests 70,000 feet above the California desert in the 1960s. Tuesday, the ...

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 ...

What You Need to Know: The XB-70 Valkyrie, a Cold War-era strategic bomber prototype designed to replace the B-52, is now on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Developed to fly at ...