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20 Warplanes of the Strategic Air Command

XB-70 Valkyrie

North American’s XB-70 prototype was designed to fly higher, faster, and further than the B-58, but the futuristic Mach 3-plus bomber soon fell victim to technology, as Soviet surface-to-air missiles and the advent of the intercontinental ballistic missile began to eliminate the role of strategic bombers. The program was canceled in 1961.