Despite its technical triumphs and support from aviators, the XB-70’s operational future unraveled almost as quickly as it ...

The legendary B-52 Stratofortress, behemoth of the sky built to fight the unthinkable war, nearly a century later the fleet ...

Introducing the XB-70 Designed in the early 1960s to replace the B-52 Stratofortress, which still serves in the U.S. Air Force today, the XB-70 was retired in 1969. Only two prototypes were ever ...

The B-52, upgraded with stand-off missiles, and what was then the forthcoming FB-111 Aardvark offered cost-effective alternatives without the Valkyrie’s narrow mission profile. So the XB-70 ...