The Northrop SM-62 Snark is an early-model intercontinental range ground-launched cruise missile that could carry a W39 thermonuclear warhead. Though the Snark was in training by the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command from 1958 through 1961, it was only deployed as an operational missile for less than a year during 1961.

Memorandum presenting a series of tests made on a full-scale Northrop XB-62 missile to determine the cause of a directional out-of-trim condition which was encountered on the initial missile flight tests.

xsm-62 (n-69c) In early 1955, the Air Force introduced a new designation system for its guided missiles, and the XB-62 was redesignated as XSM-62 . The projected XRB-62 reconnaissance version, which was later cancelled, became the XRSM-62 .

The General Dynamics X-62 VISTA ("Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft") [2] is an experimental aircraft, derived from the F-16D Fighting Falcon, which was modified as a joint venture between General Dynamics and Calspan for use by the United States Air Force (USAF).

The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie is a retired prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear -armed, deep-penetration supersonic strategic bomber for the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command.

Tests of the Northrop XB-62 missile in the Ames 40 by 80 foot wind tunnel. Document ID. 19710073557 . Acquisition Source. Legacy CDMS . Document Type. Other - NACA Research Memorandum . Authors. Graham, D. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States) Date Acquired. August 6, 2013 . Publication Date.

Oct 27, 2014 · America is testing a new superbomber capable of streaking over the North Pole at Mach 3 and 70,000 feet. The North American XB-70 Valkyrie accelerates the arms race with Russia as the biggest, fastest, most powerful, highest flying …

XSM-62 53-8183 Hill Aerospace Museum Hill AFB, UT: SM-62 59-1877 National Museum of the United States Air Force Wright Patterson AFB,OH: XB-62 The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Feb 4, 2025 · Originally a prototype Mach 3 strategic bomber, 62-0001 (also known as AV-1) and it’s sister ship, XB-70A-2-NA, 62-0207, (AV-2), were built and used by the Air Force and NASA as high-speed research aircraft.

Jul 1, 2005 · The Air Force did not help interservice harmony any when it assigned aircraft designations to guided missiles in 1951. Snark, for example, was the XB-62 (for “experimental bomber”). Atlas was the XB-65. Bomarc, being more fighter-like, was the XF-99. The designations were not lasting.