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XB-70 Valkyrie: The Air Force Built a Mach 3 Bomber That Was Obsolete
What You Need to Know: The North American XB-70 Valkyrie epitomized Cold War aerospace innovation. Designed to replace the ...
Not What You Think Official on MSN
The XB-70 Didn’t Just Fly Mach 3 It Surfed on Its Own Shockwaves
The XB-70 Valkyrie wasn’t just fast—it rode the very shockwaves it generated. Its folding wingtips harnessed compression lift, letting the 6-engine bomber surf supersonically through the stratosphere.
The only remaining XB-70 Valkyrie superbomber is on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The Cold War-era prototype variant of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed strategic ...
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