Schriever Space Force Base, previously Schriever Air Force Base, Falcon Air Force Base, and Falcon Air Force Station, is a base of the United States Space Force located approximately 10 mi east of Pet
Radome installations at Schriever
General Bernard Schriever after whom the base is named.
Schriever's old main gate sign with tenant units listed below.
Bernard Adolph "Bennie" Schriever was a United States Air Force general who played a major role in the Air Force's space and ballistic missile programs.
Schriever Space Force Base
…50th Space Wing, activated at Falcon AFB. On 5 June 1998, Falcon Air Force Base was renamed Schriever Air Force Base in honor of the retired General Bernard Schriever, who pioneered in the development of the American ballistic missile programs. Schriever AFB was the only Air Force base that was named for an Air Force…
General Bernard A Schriever
As a young pilot in the 1930s
Schriever (center) with Trevor Gardner (left) and Simon Ramo (right)
Schriever addressed a session of the Scientific Advisory Board in 1955. In the front row (left to right) are George McRae, Charles Lindbergh, Thomas S. Power, Trevor Gardner, John von Neumann, Harold Norton, Guyford Stever and Clark Millikan