 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