AFTAC relocates RTGs
Master Sgt. Kevin Sanger (left) spots forklift driver Tech. Sgt. Larry Bouchard, both with the Air Force Technical Applications Center's Detachment 460 at Eielson AFB, Alaska, as Bouchard carefully transports a radioisotope thermoelectric generator from its trailer to an awaiting CH-47 Chinook July 17, 2015, for transport back to Eielson, while project manager Scott Lattimer (far right) observes. The RTGs, which contain radiologic material, were originally used because of their high reliability and low maintenance requirements to determine if regional seismic activity was caused by nuclear explosions or naturally-occurring events such as earthquakes, mining explosions, volcanic activity, etc. AFTAC’s primary mission is to verify compliance with nuclear test ban treaties. (U.S. Air Force photo by Susan A. Romano)