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    Airframe Family: North American B-70 Valkyrie
    Latest Model:XB-70A-1-NA Valkyrie
    Last Military Serial:62-0001 USAF
    Construction Number:278-1
    Compressed ID:NA XB-70A-1-NA sn 62-0001 USAF cn 2...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    7 May 1964

    Constructed as a XB-70A-1-NA.

    11 May 1964

    Roll out at Palmdale factory.

    21 September 1964

    First flight.
    Flown from Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California, to Edwards Air Force Base.

    Circa 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-0001.

    September 1964

    Transferred to USAF/NASA, Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA.

    14 October 1965

    Achieved Mach 3 flight.

    Circa 1965


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Cent

    Circa 1965


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Cent

    1967


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Cent

    17 December 1968

    Last supersonic flight.

    4 February 1969

    Ferry flight. Delivered to United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
    Made 83 flights with a total of 160 hours, 16 minutes flight time.
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    Circa 5 June 1970


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the old USAF Museum, Patterson Field, Fairborn, OH

    17 October 1970

    Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    17 October 1970


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    17 October 1970


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    17 October 1970


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    21 May 1973


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: The Valkyrie as displayed at the USAF National Museum in the summer of 1973.

    13 June 1977


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: The XB-70A Valkyrie as displayed at the USAF Museum in the Summer of 1977.

    11 June 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    11 June 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    11 June 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    11 June 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    14 May 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    October 2015

    Moved to 4th hangar of NMUSAF complex.

    June 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Notes: National Museum of the U.S. Air Forces fourth building
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    This Day in Aviation by Bryan R. Swopes
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Abbott
    Glenn Chatfield
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