The National Museum of the United States Air Force
is the world’s largest military aviation museum—and it’s also home to
the world’s only remaining North American XB-70 Valkyrie, which was
moved to a new hangar a few days ago.
Thankfully the spectacle that was the October 27th relocation of the aircraft was thoroughly photographed, so fans of this extraordinary experimental supersonic strategic bomber can admire its lethal beauty in brand-new outdoor and indoor images.
The aircraft, which you can learn about in more detail here,
will be displayed in its new home, the Research & Development
Gallery of the museum, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near
Dayton, Ohio. The new 224,000 square foot building of the USAF museum is
scheduled to open to the public in June 2016, and it will house four
galleries – R&D, Space, Global Reach and Presidential, along with
three science, technology, engineering and mathematics Learning Nodes.
The hangar will likely prove to be the ultimate museum destination for
aerospace nerds.