The B-52 Strategic Bomber is pictured in a black and white photograph by Miller. Designed and built by Boeing, the first bomber was completed in 1955  and was capable of carrying up to 70,000 pounds worth of weapons. 744 B-52 bombers were produced  in the seven years up to 1962.  Each aircraft cost $14.43 million to manufacture.  In today's currency, that is the equivalent of $104 million per aircraft, or $77.3 billion collectively. Despite the end of the Cold War, many of the planes continue to to be used by the Air Force. As of December 2015, 58 of the B-52 bombers were still in active service, and a further 18 of them were in reserve.