Air Force Technical Applications Center Archives

Cocoa High School JROTC Cadets Visit the Air Force Technical Applications Center at Patrick Space Force Base

October 7, 2023 Space Coast Daily 0

The Cocoa High School JROTC cadets were invited to participate in a special field trip to Patrick Space Force Base to get a glimpse of the facility known as the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC). The Air Force Technical Applications Center, based at Florida’s Patrick Space Force Base, is an Air Force surveillance organization assigned to the Sixteenth Air Force. Its mission is to monitor nuclear treaties of all applicable signatory countries. […]

Florida Tech, Air Force Technical Applications Center to Renew Research Partnership

December 8, 2022 Space Coast Daily 0

The Air Force Technical Applications Center at Patrick Space Force Base renewed its cooperative research and development agreement with the Florida Institute of Technology on Nov. 15 at a symbolic signing held at the university’s Melbourne, Fla., campus. […]

Air Force Technical Applications Center Uses Technology to Execute Change of Command

July 17, 2020 Susan A. Romano, AFTAC Public Affairs 0

The Air Force Technical Applications Center here underwent a change of command today, employing modern-day technology to accomplish long-standing traditions. […]

Air Force Technical Applications Center Inducts Three Into Famed Wall of Honor

March 17, 2020 Susan A. Romano, AFTAC Public Affairs 0

In keeping with its annual tradition, the Air Force Technical Applications Center here inducted three members onto its Wall of Honor March 11, 2020, memorializing their work that propelled the nuclear treaty monitoring center well into the 21st century. […]

Air Force Technical Applications Center Holds Fifth Annual Women in Science and Engineering Symposium

February 5, 2020 Susan A. Romano, AFTAC Public Affairs 0

Continuing a five-year tradition, the Air Force Technical Applications Center held its annual Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Symposium Jan. 21-23, 2020 to highlight the value that gender diversity brings to the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math workforce. […]

For First Time, Girls Join Boys to Earn Nuke Science Merit Badge at Air Force Technical Applications Center

July 6, 2019 Space Coast Daily 0

For the sixth time in as many years, Boy Scouts from around Central Florida descended on the Air Force Technical Applications Center here to earn Scouting’s Nuclear Science Merit Badge. […]

AFTAC Continues Cooperative Research and Development Agreement With Florida Tech

March 12, 2019 Susan A. Romano, AFTAC Public Affairs 0

The Air Force Technical Applications Center here renewed its cooperative research and development agreement with Florida Institute of Technology March 1 at a symbolic signing held at the university’s Melbourne, Fla., campus. […]

Hoop Coaches, Life Mentors: Air Force Technical Applications Center Airmen Engage With Community Youth

November 18, 2018 Susan A. Romano, AFTAC Public Affairs 0

When a local recreational basketball league was looking for volunteers to coach youth athletes, two brothers assigned to the Air Force Technical Applications Center stepped up to the challenge. […]

Downrange ‘MacGyvers’ For Air Force Technical Applications Center Creatively Get Job Done

October 5, 2018 Space Coast Daily 0

For six successive years starting in 1986, faithful viewers tuned in every evening before Monday Night Football to see what kind of clever solutions Secret Agent Angus MacGyver would concoct to solve cases for the fictional Department of External Services. […]

Patrick Air Force Base Technical Applications Center Scientist Qualifies for Ironman Championship

December 17, 2017 Susan A. Romano, AFTAC Public Affairs 0

By day, he’s a nuclear engineer conducting forensics on radioactive sources. But when the duty day is complete, he trades in his proverbial white lab coat for a pair of running shoes, climbs aboard his Scott Plasma 10 bicycle, and prepares for the race of a lifetime. […]

Air Force Technical Applications Center Airman Honored With Valor Award For Life-Saving Actions

September 30, 2017 Susan A. Romano, AFTAC Public Affairs 0

Senior Airman Jennifer Engblom, a nuclear debris collection and analysis ground systems technician with AFTAC’s Technical Surveillance Squadron, received the award for her actions in November 2016 when she responded to an automobile accident that involved three vehicles and five severely injured occupants. […]

Air Force Technical Applications Center At Patrick Air Force Base Heartbeat of Nuclear Treaty Monitoring

May 24, 2017 Susan A. Romano, AFTAC Public Affairs 0

When the Department of Defense needs bombs on target or fighters in the air, they reach out to any number of flying wings within the Air Force to task their squadrons to accomplish that mission. […]

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