The Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles will unveil a 9-foot bronze statue of the late Gen. Bernard Schriever on Nov. 15 in the Schriever Space Complex Courtyard. The Air Force Association’s Schriever Chapter commissioned the statue and donated it to SMC, which just last year dedicated the new Schriever complex.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.