- Video Recording of Latest Guest Speaker Event -Join AIAA GPS when Rod Brimhall speaks on the historic missile program Project Nike. The program delivered the United States' first operational anti-aircraft missile system, the Nike Ajax, in 1953 and continued to develop cutting edge technology for over a decade.Rod was a 23N (Nike Radar and Intercept Computer Repairman) and served at the 2/56 ADA for 5 years in Germany, achieving the rank of Staff Sargent. Rod was also on the Nuclear Surety Team during this time, where he was tasked with transporting, protecting and, if needed, destroying the weapon.
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