Tags: B-52, Cold War, Defense, Military, United States, USAF, and XB-70 Valkyrie. XB-70 Valkyrie: This Bomber (If It Had Been Built) Would Have Been a Speed Demon. July 11, 2020.

The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, a Cold War-era bomber, was a technological marvel designed to fly at Mach 3 and at 70,000 feet, circumventing Soviet air defenses through speed and altitude.

As detailed by the Aviation Geek Club, “[T]he new B-52 radar is based on AESA technologies developed from RTX’s pioneering AN/APG-79 radar.As the USAF migrates toward the two-bomber fleet of B ...

The massive B-52 was the U.S.'s long-range strategic bomber in the 1950s, used to extend the range of nuclear weapons worldwide. The Pentagon sought an eventual replacement, a bomber that could ...

The X-15 Space Plane was typically launched from a B-52 bomber, as shown here, but it could have been carried by the XB-70. Another idea called for using the XB-70 as a hypersonic launch aircraft.

Intercontinental bombers will have to fly fast and high, ... believed to look much like its six-jet B-47 medium bomber, now in production. The XB-52 has wings swept back at a 35° angle, ...

The U.S. Air Force is thinking about replacing the late-1950s- era engines on its Boeing B-52 bombers ... when in fact they scaled up some features of the XB-55, a smaller bomber that was ...

The idea here was to build a bomber that could fly at mach 2 at high level, but also to fly faster than the B-52 at low altitudes. It was to cost $10 billion for 240 aircraft ($40 million per plane).

The XB-48 originated from the War Department's demand to create a family of high performance bombers in 1944. The first prototype was delivered for just $574,826. Ultimately two XB-48s were ...

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 ...

The SR-71 Blackbird, B-1B bomber and other military aircraft can trace some aspects of their lineage to the XB-70 Valkyrie. Unfortunately, the XB-70 story doesn't have a happy ending.