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  • AFTAC memorializes fallen comrades

    In 1984, when President Ronald Reagan dedicated the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., he said, “This memorial reflects a hunger for healing.  I don’t know if perfect healing ever occurs, but I know that sometimes when a bone is broken, if it’s knit together well, in the end it will be

  • Air Force scientists coalesce with UCF professors, students

    Scientists from the Air Force Technical Applications Center here spent time with professors and students from the University of Central Florida in Orlando during the Fall 2025 semester to discuss the Educational Partnership Agreement the two organizations share.Jonathan Holton, AFTAC’s R&D

  • AFTAC partners with Daytona 500, USAF Thunderbirds for sensor demo

    A team of experts from the Air Force Technical Applications Center traveled to Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 15 to deploy a ground-based sensor suite during the 2026 Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup Series.The purpose of the deployment was to test the U.S. Prompt Diagnostics System’s new mobile capability in a

  • Vero Beach Junior ROTC cadets visit nuclear surveillance center

    Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from Vero Beach High School traveled to the Air Force Technical Applications Center here March 17 to tour the center, meet with Airmen, and learn about possible career opportunities in the Air Force.Escorted by their detachment commander, retired Air

  • 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