Joseph Sylvester Bleymaier (31 December 1915 – 10 October 1998) was a major general in the United States Air Force (USAF).

He enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1941, and flew 25 combat missions in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II.

Jacob was in charge of the athletic grounds at the University of Texas,[1] from which Bleymaier received a Bachelor of Arts in business administration in 1937.

[2][3] Alter the war Bleymaier returned to the United States, and briefly to the University Texas in June through August 1946.

[2][3] In October 1958, Bleymaier moved to the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division in Los Angeles, California, as head of its Subsystems Directorate.

In this capacity he was responsible for the development and integration of propulsion, guidance and reentry vehicle subsystems of the Atlas, Titan and Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles.

As head of the US offices of the Morrison–Knudsen Saudi-Arabia Consortium, he oversaw construction of facilities at King Khalid Military City in Saudi Arabia.

His grandson, Steven J. Bleymaier, also attended the Air Force Academy, graduating in 1991, and retired as a brigadier general in 2019.