Unlike fighter jets, which rely upon an ejection seat, the XB-70 featured an escape capsule, the door of which crushed the pilot’s arm while closing. The lone surviving XB-70 would be retired ...

The XB-70 Valkyrie is born North American returned with a proposal for a bomber that was designed from the ground up to fly the majority of its missions at Mach 3 and at 70,000 feet (though some ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — An Air Force instructor pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the jet was still on the ground at a Texas military base, the Air Force said Tuesday. The ...