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  • Victoria Scira, a nuclear data analyst at the Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick AFB, Fla., examines a thermal ionization mass spectrometer in the AFTAC's Ciambrone Radiochemistry Lab. Scira was recently hired to work at the nuclear treaty monitoring center after being selected for the Air Force Personnel Center's Science and Engineering Palace Acquire program that offers permanent full-time positions in various career fields to prospective candidates (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew S. Jurgens)

    Local ’16 valedictorian recruited by AFTAC as nuclear data analyst

    Through the Palace Acquire Program, the Air Force Technical Applications Center here recruited a recent University of South Florida undergraduate to work as a nuclear data analyst in the center’s Ciambrone Radiochemistry Laboratory. Victoria Scira joined the AFTAC team in June 2019 after graduating magna cum laude from USF in May with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.
  • Students attending STEMversity in Milledgeville, Ga., work on a lab experiment with the help of Airman from the Air Force Technical Applications Center. Each year, volunteers from the nuclear treaty monitoring center at Patrick AFB, Fla., provide expertise in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math to the summer campers at Central Georgia Technical College. (U.S. Air Force photo by Stephanie Homitz)

    Experts from AFTAC travel to Georgia for STEMversity

    In an effort to foster the betterment of underserved minority middle and high school students, members of the Air Force Technical Applications Center here traveled to Georgia recently to serve as mentors at STEMversity. Dr. Andrew Giminaro, a nuclear forensics analyst for the nuclear treaty monitoring center, led the team of AFTAC volunteers who provided expertise in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math to the summer campers at Central Georgia Technical College in Milledgeville.
  • CTBTO Preparatory Commission Executive Secretary Dr. Lassina Zerbo (right) meets with Air Force Technical Applications Center Commander Col. Chad Hartman at Patrick AFB, Fla., July 25, 2019 to discuss the collaborative partnership the two organizations have been able to capitalize on by employing emerging technologies and breakthroughs in nuclear monitoring innovations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew S. Jurgens)

    International, technical partnership continues to flourish

    Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission executive secretary, Dr. Lassina Zerbo, traveled from his headquarters in Vienna to meet with Air Force Technical Applications Center commander, Col. Chad Hartman, in Florida July 25 to discuss modernization of the National Data Center and how AFTAC’s support to the International Data Center is fundamental to their re-engineering efforts.
  • Pictured is the medallion presented to inductees on the Air Force Technical Applications Center's Wall of Honor. The medallion, which was created by 1st Lt. Adam Satterfield and Master Sgt. Chad Taguba, former members of AFTAC, symbolizes the inductees' contributions to long range detection and nuclear treaty monitoring, AFTAC's primary mission. The back of the medallion has a personalized inscription that reads, “Let this medallion signify its recipient is a member of an elite and noble group of Airmen who stand in silent vigil for the good of all humankind.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Susan A. Romano)

    Three inducted into AFTAC Wall of Honor

    Three former members of the Air Force Technical Applications Center here were inducted into the center’s famed Wall of Honor recently.
  • Tech. Sgt. Dmitriy Burshteyn, a field test team noncommissioned officer in charge with the Air Force Technical Applications Center, uses a remote firing device to detonate explosives while field testing new infrasound equipment at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew S. Jurgens)

    From Uzbekistan to America: One Airman's Tale

    Bukhara is a centuries-old, culturally-rich city in the Asian country of Uzbekistan. Located on the historic Silk Road (a network of ancient trade routes that connected the East to the West), it has long been an epicenter of exports, scholarship, language and religion.
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Evan Weier, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 45th Civil Engineer Squadron's EOD flight, gives a safety briefing to members of the Air Force Technical Applications Center prior to detonating explosives at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, March 13, 2019. Weier and his EOD co-workers assisted members of AFTAC's Systems Development Directorate with testing a prototype geodesic dome to help the nuclear treaty monitoring center capture hydroacoustic data. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew S. Jurgens)

    Using dynamite and TNT to enhance nuclear mission

    Ten sticks of medium-grade dynamite, 60 pounds of C4, two-and-a-half pounds of Semtex and six canisters of TNT made for an explosive day for members of the Air Force Technical Applications Center. Airmen from the 45th Civil Engineer Squadron, AFTAC’s Systems Development Directorate personnel tested a new system to determine if their creative ingenuity could be operationally deployed in the field.

  • Divisional wins lead to state competition for AFTAC mentors

    The teams of two Air Force Technical Applications Center mentors will compete in the Odyssey of the Mind state competition April 6 at the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando.
  • Members of the Miami Hurricanes hockey team stand in unity with the Air Force Technical Applications Center hockey club during the National Anthem Feb. 23, 2019 at an exhibition game at Pembroke Pines Ice Arena, Miami’s home rink. AFTAC went on to defeat the 'Canes 12-8. (Courtesy Photo)

    AFTAC Hockey defeats nationally-ranked Miami Hurricanes

    In a stunning victory against a nationally-ranked Division 3 hockey club, the Air Force Technical Applications Center hockey team defeated the Miami Hurricanes Feb. 23 at Pembroke Pines Ice Arena, Miami’s home rink.
  • Dr. Glenn E. Sjoden (left) and Dr. Gisele Bennett (right) prepare to renew the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between the Air Force Technical Applications Center and the Florida Institute of Technology March 1, 2019 on the FIT campus in Melbourne, Florida. Sjoden, AFTAC's chief scientist, and Bennett, FIT's senior vice president for research, signed the CRADA to allow for scientific collaboration between the two organizations. (Florida Institute of Technology photo by Adam Lowenstein)

    AFTAC continues cooperative R&D agreement with FIT

    The Air Force Technical Applications Center here renewed its cooperative research and development agreement with Florida Institute of Technology March 1 at a symbolic signing held at the university’s Melbourne, Florida, campus.
  • Mr. Jim Whidden, director of staff for the Air Force Technical Applications Center, briefs staff members from Rep. Bill Posey's (FL-8) office in AFTAC's Heritage Room at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. The staffers visited the nuclear treaty monitoring center March 4, 2019 to learn more about AFTAC's heritage and global mission. Pictured from left to right: Whidden; Stuart Burns, chief of staff; Rick Podliska, senior policy advisor; and Patrick Gavin, district director. (U.S. Air Force photo by Susan A. Romano)

    Congressional staffers learn about AFTAC’s heritage, mission

    Three members of U.S. Rep. Bill Posey’s (FL-8) office visited the Air Force Technical Applications Center March 4 to learn more about the center’s rich history and heritage.
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