Lincoln D. Faurer

Lincoln D. Faurer
Lincoln D. Faurer
	Air Force Distinguished Service Medal; Defense Superior Service Medal (2); Legion of Merit

Lieutenant General Lincoln D. Faurer (February 7, 1928 – November 7, 2014) was United States Air Force officer who served as director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service from 1981 to 1985.

Early life and education

Faurer was born February 7, 1928, in

international affairs from the George Washington University

, also in Washington, D.C.

Military career

After graduation from the United States Military Academy, Faurer attended flying schools at

Hunter Air Force Base, Georgia

.

From April 1953 to September 1955, Faurer flew weather reconnaissance flights in WB-29s with the 56th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan.

After aerial observer training at

90th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

, also at Forbes, as chief of the Training Procedures Section.

Faurer began his career in the missile and space fields in August 1959 when he was assigned to Headquarters

2nd Air Force, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana

, serving successively as an operations officer in the Missile Section; guided missiles operations officer; and chief, Missile Branch in the Training Division, Directorate of Operations. While at Barksdale he was associated with the 2nd Air Force's growing inventory of intercontinental ballistic missiles: Atlas D, E, F; Titan II; and Minuteman I.

Faurer attended the graduate engineer management program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from June 1963 to July 1964. After graduation, he was assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C., in the Directorate of Scientific and Technical Intelligence, and served as a technical intelligence officer; development engineer; and later as chief, Space Systems Division, in the Missiles and Space Office until July 1967.

Upon graduation from the National War College in July 1968, Faurer was named director of current operations, 14th Aerospace Force at

Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska, from August 1969 to September 1970, when he was appointed commander of the 71st Missile Warning Wing at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey

.

Faurer was assigned as director, J-2,

North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee.^[2] He became director of the National Security Agency

in April 1981.

Faurer's military decorations and awards include the

Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster. Faurer has also been presented the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement

in recognition of his service to the national intelligence community.

Faurer was promoted to lieutenant general September 1, 1979, with same date of rank. He retired on April 1, 1985.

Activities after retirement

Faurer was president of the

National Cryptologic Museum Foundation until October 2014.^[4]

Faurer died on November 7, 2014, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Lincoln D. Faurer, 1950". West Point Association of Graduates. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
^ https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_139939.htm, Deputy Chairmen of the NATO Military Committee, Jan 10, 2017, retrieved Feb 20, 2018.
^ Billigmeier, Scott & Glabus, Ed, From World War II to Desert Storm, Perspectives on Military Intelligence, Officer Review magazine, June 1998, 2–5.
^ "2014 NCMF 16th Membership Meeting & Symposium Recap". cryptologicfoundation.org. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.

External links

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Government offices
Preceded by Bobby Ray Inman	Director of the National Security Agency 1981–1985	Succeeded by William E. Odom

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Air Force

[wp-1] "Lincoln D. Faurer, 1950". West Point Association of Graduates. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.

[2] ttps://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_139939.htm, Deputy Chairmen of the NATO Military Committee, Jan 10, 2017, retrieved Feb 20, 2018.

[3] Billigmeier, Scott & Glabus, Ed, From World War II to Desert Storm, Perspectives on Military Intelligence, Officer Review magazine, June 1998, 2–5.

[4] "2014 NCMF 16th Membership Meeting & Symposium Recap". cryptologicfoundation.org. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.

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