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

The XB-70 design offered payload flexibility but not mission flexibility – and while there were considerations to employ it as a reconnaissance aircraft with a bomber strike capability, as the ...

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

What You Need to Know: The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was an ambitious supersonic bomber designed to replace the B-52, capable of flying at Mach 3 and 70,000 feet. With six powerful engines and ...

A new animation video shows the North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie nuclear bomber from the 1960s perfoming all sorts of high-speed missions.

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 ...