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  • SMART Scholars ‘get schooled’ on AFTAC

    In an effort to expose college students to one of the most dynamic and unique missions in the U.S. Air Force, members of the Air Force Technical Applications Center welcomed five university scholars to their campus June 26. The students were part of the U.S. Air Force’s SMART Scholar Program that

  • Family of AFTAC Headquarters’ namesake visits for first time

    In 2014, the Department of Defense’s sole nuclear treaty monitoring center held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially commemorate the naming of its headquarters after an iconic leader and pioneer of long range detection. The Air Force Technical Applications Center christened its 276,000

  • Scouts earn rare badge with help from AFTAC

    Boy Scouts from around Central Florida traveled to the Air Force Technical Applications Center Oct. 22 to earn one of the Boy Scouts of America’s more rare badges, the Nuclear Science Merit Badge (formerly known as the Atomic Energy Badge). Just over 5,000 Scouts worldwide earn the NSMB each year,