Talk:United States of America/@comment-10905876-20160814202420

-Palmdale CA-

At the Rockwell plant in Palmdale California, a new aircraft is rolled out. It is a sleek supersonic heavy bomber, the newly modernized and redesigned B-70 Valkyrie II. Larger than the original aircraft, and with all new engines, avionics, and airframe, the Valkyrie II is a competitive bomber in the modern age. Equipped with four space rated jet engines, along with a small impulse booster engine, the new aircraft is rated for suborbital space flight, though it primarily is designed for atmospheric only missions. The B-70 is capable of carrying 225,000 lbs of bombs in the main bomb bays, along with another 10,000lbs in a forward weapons bay for either additional bombs, or defensive air to air missiles. The cockpit is designed for a crew of four, pilot, co-pilot, bombardier/navigator, and weapons systems officer. The redesigned airframe has several features to reduce radar cross section, however this is not a true stealth aircraft.

The massive bomber taxis to one of the runways at the factory, leading edge slats and large trailing edge flaperons extended for takeoff. The throttles are advanced to full, the jet engines and impulse rocket emitting a deafening roar as the plane accelerates down the runway. Nearing the end of the runway, the plane's nose rotates up, and the massive bomber takes to the air for the first time. The first flight takes the plane to Edwards AFB, where it lands without incident. Soon, acceptance trials are made, and the plane enters full production as America's new primary strategic bomber...



OOC: Interesting design process on this one, the basic goal was to create a modernized version of the XB-70. One of the Interesting things I did (in my mind at least) was use a whole new engine inlet design. I modeled it after the F-22's design, with the trapezoidal shape. Overall I think it went quite well, and will be something to remember in the future. Expect more USAF planes in the future, Marc and I are on a mission to finally modernize the USA in BSCN.