Air Force Space & Missile Pioneer: Lieutenant General Otto J. Glasser

As we celebrate Air Force Space Command’s 30th Anniversary we recognize individuals who played a significant role in the history of the Air Force space and missile programs – our Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers …

Lieutenant General Otto J. Glasser General Glasser served as the director of the Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) program, the nation’s highest priority military project in the mid-1950s. An original member of General Bernard A. Schriever’s
“Schoolhouse Gang” of four at the Western Development Division, his leadership provided the nation with its first deployed ICBM.
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