The National Interest

XB-70: The Mach 3 Bomber the Air Force Had to Cancel Forever

The Cold War was a wild era in the development of military technology, especially in the field of aerospace. From nuclear-powered strategic bombers concepts to Manned Orbital Laboratories (MOL) that ...
The National Interest

XB-70 Bomber Can Be Explained in 3 Words

A Total Failure: The XB-70 Valkyrie was an experimental U.S. nuclear bomber developed in the 1950s and 1960s as a potential replacement for the B-52. Designed to fly at Mach 3 speeds and altitudes of ...
CNET

Last Flight of the Valkyrie: A Closer Look at the Forgotten Mach 3 XB-70 Superbomber

At Mach 3, you travel about 3,000 feet per second. That's over half a mile (or 10 football fields). And at 70,000 feet, you're twice as high as the average airliner. Only a handful of aircraft have ...
The Aviationist

Air Force Museum Undertakes Another Monumental Move of Mighty XB-70 Mach 3 Super Bomber

The XB-70 Valkyrie on display at the Air Force Museum was once again towed out of its display hangar temporarily for museum maintenance recently. The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, on display along ...
The San Bernardino Sun

Cold War-era XB-70 Valkyrie Bomber made its maiden flight over Mojave Desert

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 ...