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 ...

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 ...

Key Points and Summary - The XB-70 Valkyrie was the U.S. Air Force’s bid to outrun Soviet defenses: a six-engine, compression-lift bomber built for sustained Mach 3 at extreme altitude. -National ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The jet was designed to exceed the speed of the B-58 and fly at Mach 3. This blisteringly high speed was to be achieved by six turbojet engines that produced a ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Though its intended role as a strategic bomber was unsuccessful, the research that emerged from the Valkyrie project contributed to later, more successful designs.