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Passing of AFIT Distinguished Alum - Lt Gen Saxer

Posted Tuesday, October 25, 2016

 

2003 AFIT Distinguished Alumni Award Winner, Lt Gen Richard Saxer, USAF, Ret (M.S. Air Ordnance, 1957) passed away 18 October 2016. Read a very nice tribute article about him here.

Highlights from his official AF  biography:
After graduation from AFIT in August 1957, General Saxer was a project engineer in the Mechanical Equipment Branch of the Air Force Special Weapons Center's Development Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. There he designed, tested and developed an integrated nuclear weapons loading system for the Tactical Air Command. In January 1959 he was reassigned within the directorate as a project officer in the Nuclear Safety Division, where he conducted nuclear safety studies of various Air Force weapon systems.

In July 1974 he was selected as deputy for re-entry systems at the Space and Missile Systems Organization, Los Angeles Air Force Station, Calif. During this assignment General Saxer formulated various re-entry systems programs designed to provide new ballistic and maneuvering re-entry vehicle options for M-X and Trident weapons systems.

In August 1983, Lieutenant General  Saxer served as the director, Defense Nuclear Agency, Washington, D.C. until he retired from active duty in July 1985.

 

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