Department of Defense news release (June 17, 2005): Architect of Air Force space and missile programs dies.Retired Gen. Bernard Adolph Schriever General Bernard Adolph Schriever (September 14, 1910–June 20,2005) was born in Bremen, Germany, and after immigrating to the United States, played a major role in the U.S. Air Force programs for space and ballistic missile research. , widely regarded as the father and architect of the Air Force space and ballistic bal·lis·tic adj. 1. a. Of or relating to the study of the dynamics of projectiles. b. Of or relating to the study of the internal action of firearms. 2. missile programs, died of natural causes at home in Washington on June 20. Under Schriever's leadership, the Air Force developed programs such as the Thor, Atlas, Titan, and Minuteman missiles Minuteman missile U.S. ICBM first deployed in 1962. Its three generations—the Minuteman I (1962–73), the Minuteman II (1966–95), and the Minuteman III (from 1970)—have constituted most of the land-based nuclear arsenal of the U.S. since the 1960s. , and all aerospace systems that have been launched into orbit, including those supporting NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. in its Mercury man-in-space program. In 1959, General Schriever assumed command of Air Research and Development Command, which became Air Force Systems Command on April 1, 1961, under a reorganization initiated by him. He was promoted to full general in 1961 and retired in 1966. |
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