Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company and captain of industry once said, “Failure is the only opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.” One Air Force organization is taking Ford’s words to heart. The Air Force Technical Applications Center is emphasizing to its workforce the importance of learning through failure. In…
Cyberspace Critical To Nuclear Treaty Monitoring
The Air Force Technical Applications Center here is charged with ensuring each and every nation across the globe complies with the ban on nuclear weapons testing, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Members of AFTAC answer that call without fail – monitoring nuclear treaty compliance is their business. To accomplish this task, the…
Tech Ops Squadron Is Heartbeat Of Nuke Treaty Monitoring From Air, Sea, Space
When the Defense Department needs bombs on target or fighters in the air, they reach out to any number of flying wings within the Air Force to task their squadrons to accomplish that mission. Yet when they need near-real time data of potential nuclear detonations, to include ballistic missile detection, radioactive plume debris collection, seismic activity…