The North American XB-70 Valkyrie embodied a once-dominant creed: outrun defenses at Mach 3 and 70,000 feet. -The prototype proved the physics—compression-lift wingtips, hot-structure skins, 172,000 ...

Despite its technical triumphs and support from aviators, the XB-70’s operational future unraveled almost as quickly as it took flight. What You Need to Know: The North American XB-70 Valkyrie ...

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 ...

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 ...

With the growing realization that Soviet SAMs posed an increasing threat to American bombers, the Pentagon started to explore low-level penetration as an alternative. Low-level penetration involved ...

The XB-70 Valkyrie was born from a simple Cold War idea: fly so high and fast that nothing could touch you. North American’s ...