Author Archives: io9.com

Meet the XB-70 Valkyrie, Almost the World’s First Nuclear Aircraft

The Valkyrie was a plane decades ahead of its time, pushing the aeronautical engineering of the early 1960s well beyond what had been thought possible. It was even slated to become the world’s first nuclear-powered bomber.
The massive B-52 was the U… Continue reading

Posted in Air Force, History Lesson, Nukes, Planes, XB-70A | Comments Off