Blackbird captured imaginations with its unmatched speed and stealth, the XB-70 Valkyrie was blazing trails as one of the ...

The experimental legacy of the iconic XB-70 Valkyrie, which made its first flight on Sept. 21, 1964. An article published on the U.S. Air Force website commemorates the 60th anniversary of the ...

On Sept. 21, 1964, the XB-70 Valkyrie, the most advanced American bomber of its era made its maiden flight in clear blue skies over the Mojave Desert. The plane’s design was so advanced ...

The XB-70 was initially designed to operate under the “brute force concept,” which called for carrying massive fuel for a long-duration subsonic flight into Soviet territory and an aerodynamic ...

The B-70 program was canceled in 1961 and development continued as part of a research program to study the effects of long-duration high-speed flight with the two XB-70A. XB-70A number 1 (62-001 ...

Check it out below: The XB-70 Valkyrie made its maiden flight in September 1964. The first XB-70 Valkyrie built, the XB-70A, had handling at speeds greater than Mach 2.5, and only got above Mach 3 ...

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 ...

In the end, it wasn't the threat of any aircraft that ended the XB-70 program. By the Valkyrie's 1964 first flight, the Soviet Union had been building its S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile system ...

Universal History Archive//Getty Images XB-70 prototype in flight, date unknown. Named Valkyrie, after the female battle spirits of Norse mythology, the bomber was built to penetrate Soviet air ...

Despite its technical triumphs and support from aviators, the XB-70’s operational future unraveled almost as quickly as it took flight. The North American XB-70 Valkyrie emerged from a United ...