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  • Cybersecurity Awareness Day brings top experts to Space Coast

    The National Security Agency’s Deputy Chief of Central Security Service, and the Department of the Air Force’s Chief Information Security Officer were the headliners at the Air Force Technical Applications Center’s inaugural Cybersecurity Awareness Day Aug. 8. Maj. Gen. Matteo Martemucci, a career

  • AFTAC cuts ribbon to Atomic Java

    American journalist Earl Wilson once said, “Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break!” In keeping with Wilson’s love of a good cup of Joe, the Air Force Technical Applications Center opened a coffee bar and micromart in the center’s main lobby June

  • Treaty Monitoring Center bids farewell to commander, welcomes new boss

    The Air Force Technical Applications Center, the Defense Department’s sole nuclear treaty monitoring center, conducted a Change of Command ceremony today to signify the transition of responsibly from one Air Force leader to another. Col. James A. Finlayson has been at AFTAC’s helm since June 2022,

  • AFTAC invites FLOs to tour WC-135 at Homestead ARB

    The commander of the Air Force Technical Applications Center invited several Foreign Liaison Officers assigned to U.S. Southern Command to tour the WC-135 Constant Phoenix June 25 when the jet flew from Offutt AFB, Neb., to Homestead ARB, Fla. The intent was to give the FLOs the opportunity to learn

  • AFTAC inducts two onto Wall of Honor

    Two former members of the Air Force Technical Applications Center were inducted onto the center’s Wall of Honor May 16. In front of more than 200 family, friends, and former colleagues, retired Chief Master Sergeant Lloyd French and retired career civil servant Deborah Ward (via proxy) were

  • AFTAC hosts Student Expo in conjunction with WiSE Symposium

    The Air Force Technical Applications Center, headquartered at Patrick Space Force Base, Fla., hosted its annual Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Symposium March 12-13 at the Space Coast Health Foundation in Brevard County. On the second day of the symposium, nearly three dozen exhibitors with

  • KSC chief, PDDNI among keynote speakers at WiSE Symposium

    The Air Force Technical Applications Center, headquartered at Patrick Space Force Base, Fla., hosted its annual Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Symposium March 12-13 at the Space Coast Health Foundation in Brevard County. Among the distinguished keynote speakers were Ms. Janet Petro,

  • STRATCOM commander visits nuke treaty monitoring center

    For the first time since taking command of U.S. Strategic Command, Gen. Anthony J. Cotton and his Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Sgt. Maj. Howard Kreamer, visited the Department of Defense’s sole nuclear treaty monitoring center Nov. 16. The combatant command leadership team came to the Air Force

  • 39-year-old Airman with doctorate arrives at AFTAC

    Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, is home to Air Force Basic Military Training, and on any given day, there are more than 7,000 new recruits undergoing the 7-week program. The average age of trainees who undergo the Air Force’s introduction to military service is 21. In October 2022,

  • VCJCS pays historic visit to nuke treaty monitoring center

    For the first time in its decades-long history, the Air Force Technical Applications Center here hosted the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his spouse June 9, 2023. Admiral Christopher W. Grady received several classified briefings about how the Department of Defense’s sole nuclear