The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was a “technical marvel” of the 1950s—a Mach 3, 70,000-foot nuclear bomber designed to replace the B-52. -It used a “revolutionary” principle called “compression lift ...

The Air Force’s XB-70 Valkyrie bomber was the fastest bomber ever developed. The aircraft ran into development difficulties and sky-high costs, eventually forcing its cancelation. The Air Force and ...

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. The massive, white jet emerged under gray skies ...

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force recently towed the XB-70 Valkyrie bomber out of its hangar. The airplane is in such good condition that it looks like it could fly today. The XB-70 was one of ...

The world's only remaining North American XB-70 Valkyrie supersonic bomber recently moved into the newly built fourth hangar at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. During the ...