The B-1B Lancer, known for its supersonic speeds and low-altitude strike capabilities, is considered one of the most cap ...

This was the North American XB-70 Valkyrie. The XB-70 was a Mach 3 prototype that would have led to the B-70 bomber, creating the fastest strategic bomber in the world. It aimed to strike deep ...

LeMay also took issue with McNamara’s plan to spend a total of $1,300,000,000 to develop the B70 supersonic bomber during the coming years. LeMay claimed that $5,000,000,000 should be spent to ...

Of these, perhaps the most momentous was the long intergovernmental struggle over the B-70 “Valkyrie” Mach 3 bomber, which came to a head that restive spring of 1962 when the 44-year-old ...

Depending on the specific mission, the B-70 could have carried a variety of ... A less fancy proposal was reconnaissance/strike adaptation of the bomber, called RSB-70A, which added cameras ...

The goal of the program was to develop a high-altitude, nuclear strike bomber that could outrun any interceptor sent against it. The planned B-70 was to be a nuclear-armed, deep penetration ...

The dart-shaped B70 is an airman’s vision: designed to fly three times faster than sound and 15 miles above the ground, it could serve as a nuclear bomber, a satellite launcher, or a six-jet ...

The B-70 Valkyrie, with a planned cruise speed of Mach 3 and operating altitude of 70,000 feet, was to be the ultimate high-altitude, high-speed manned strategic bomber. Events, however ...

What: Latest addition to the National Museum of the United States Air Force Where: 1100 Spaatz St, Dayton (directions) When: Opening Wednesday, June 8. The museum will hold a ribbon-cutting event ...