 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 James Connally Air Force Base, Texas, Faurer returned to Forbes Air Force Base in May 1956 as an RB-47 aircraft commander with the 320th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron.In May 1958 he transferred to Headquarters 90th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, also at Forbes, as chief of the Training Procedures Section.