The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie is a retired prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration supersonic strategic bomber for the United States Air Force Strategic Air
XB-70 Valkyrie in flight
XB-70A on the taxiway on 21 September 1964, the day of the first flight
XB-70A Valkyrie taking off in August 1965
XB-70A parked at Edwards Air Force Base, 1967
The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the official museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, six miles northeast of Dayton, Ohio. The NMUSAF is
North American XB-70 Valkyrie
…crashed after colliding with an F-104 Starfighter while flying in close formation for a photo shoot; the only remaining Valkyrie bomber is in the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton, Ohio. In an offshoot of Boeing's MX-2145 crewed boost-glide bomber project, Boeing hired RAND Corporation in January 1954 to explore what…
Aerial view of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle on display in the museum's World War II Gallery.
The Boeing VC-137C SAM 26000 used as Air Force One by United States presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson (who was sworn into office on the plane), and Richard Nixon.
Apollo 15 Command Module Endeavour which carried David Scott, James Irwin, and Alfred Worden to the Moon in 1971 on NASA's fourth crewed lunar landing mission