B-52 bomber invented.

Strategic bomber designed and built by Boeing Company. When the B-52 entered U.S. Air Force(USAF) service in 1955, it began a career that continued into the twenty-first century. At a time when the Soviet Union lacked an intercontinental bomber, the B-52 gave the United States an advantage in strategic nuclear strike capacity. The bomber enabled the USAF to strike targets in the Soviet Union from bases within the continental United States. Because of its ability to do so, the B-52 also became a psychological weapon and helped allay some of the Cold War fears of the American public.