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  • Latin American Cadet Initiative

    Latin American Air Force cadets tour US, build partnerships throughout the hemisphere

    Future leaders of 11 Latin American Air Forces visited 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) on the tail-end of their visit through the United States, as part of the Latin American Cadet Initiative. The twenty-two cadets represented air forces from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
  • David Merker, Senior Executive Service Director of the U.S. National Data Center (center), points out the inner workings of a solar intensity measurement tool that’s used to gauge the intensity of the sun at any given time to Jorge Román-Nieves, a geophysicist from the Air Force Technical Applications Center Sept. 19, 2016, as AFTAC’s chief of International Affairs Robert McLaughlin listens in. The trio traveled to Spain to meet with seismic experts from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional, a multi-faceted agency in Madrid responsible for many aspects of research and development. (U.S. Air Force photo by Susan A. Romano)

    U.S. National Data Center team reopens channels with Spain

    A group of scientists from the Air Force Technical Applications Center traveled to Spain to meet with seismic experts. Senior Executive Service Director of the U.S. National Data Center Dave Merker, met with members of the Instituto Geográfico Nacional to discuss the possibility of future information sharing on the 20th anniversary of AFTAC’s transfer of Detachment 313 Sonseca Seismic Station to the IGN.
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