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  • 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

  • AFTAC partners with Florida Tech for third research agreement

    The Air Force Technical Applications Center here renewed its cooperative research and development agreement with Florida Institute of Technology Nov. 15 at a symbolic signing held at the university’s Melbourne, Fla., campus. A CRADA is a government contract that allows for R&D collaboration between

  • CTBTO Executive Secretary visits AFTAC

    The executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization visited the Air Force Technical Applications Center Oct. 25 to learn more about the intricate and important partnership the two agencies share. Dr. Robert Floyd took over as CTBTO’s top leader in August 2021 and in

  • 70th ISRW attends Fall SLS 2022

    Duke Tobin (top center), Cincinnati Bengals Director of Player Personnel, briefs 70th Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance Wing senior leaders during a Senior Leadership Summit Aug. 8, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Tobin discussed how an organization like the Cincinnati

  • Finlayson takes command of nuclear treaty monitoring center

    The Air Force Technical Applications Center gained a new commander June 2 during the time-honored military tradition known as the change of command ceremony. Col. James “Cobra” Finlayson assumed command from Col. Katharine Branson, with Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, commander of 16th Air Force, serving as

  • Meet the 363 ISRW Command Chief – Chief Master Sgt. Jason Funkhauser

    Chief Master Sgt. Jason Funkhauser is the Command Chief of the 363d Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing (ISRW). Prior to assuming his current position in July of 2020, he was the Senior Enlisted Leader of the 548th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (ISRG) at Beale

  • 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) vice commander visits 363d ISR Wing

    Colonel Eric Mack, 363d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing commander, greets Maj. Gen. David Gaedecke, 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) vice commander, during an immersion tour, Oct. 29, 2021 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. During his tour, Gaedecke received a “State of the

  • A Chief’s Precious Resource

    Eclipsed in the shadows of the 497th Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, lies an esteemed chief who invests in his most precious resource; PEOPLE, which he considers the most worthwhile investment he will ever make.Chief Master Sgt. Eric Foreman, 497th ISRG senior enlisted leader,