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Dr. Dan Mackney, a senior chemist with the Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick AFB, Fla., gives directions to his co-workers as they transfer mass spectrometry equipment from a truck onto a mobile trolley to position it in a science lab at Eastern Florida State College March 17, 2017. The school requested Mackney’s expertise and help with setting up the donated equipment. Pictured from left to right: Mackney, Bart Scarbro, Dr. Richard Reich and Pete Oliveri. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Susan A. Romano) One scientist’s trash is another school’s treasure
As the old proverb goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. More simply put, what one person may consider worthless, another may consider quite valuable.
0 4/06
2017
Air Force medics offload a simulated patient connected to an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine from an Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter March 4, 2017 at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, as part of the fifth annual MEDBEACH joint medical response exercise. This was the first time an ECMO machine was used aboard a helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Leslie Forshaw) Joint medical exercise hits the beach
The 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron hosted the fifth annual MEDBEACH, a joint service exercise, to prepare military medical personnel for deployments by offering realistic hands-on scenarios one could encounter during combat. The exercise also provided 920th RQW reservists an opportunity to work hand-in-hand with their active duty Air Force, Air and Army National Guard and civilian counterparts.
0 3/08
2017
Senior Airman Liam Miner, 720th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron dedicated crew chief, stands by ready to marshall King 52, the first HC-130 configured for Air Force rescue, down the Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, taxiway for the last time March 6, 2017. King 52 will retire at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, with more than 50 years of service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Lindsey Maurice) AF's 1st HC-130 takes its final flight to retirement
After more than 50 years of faithful service and rescue missions spanning the globe, King 52, the first HC-130P/N configured for Air Force rescue in 1964, retired March 6, 2017. Accompanied by its 920th Rescue Wing dedicated crew chiefs and a nostalgic aircrew, the aircraft, tail number 4852, heads to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, from Patrick AFB, Florida, where it has been stationed since mid-2015.
0 3/07
2017
Tech. Sgt. Ben Domian, a survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialist with the 920th Rescue Wing, repels down a training tower in front of a Fox TV camera crew June 15, 2016 at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The network shot footage of Domian to use for its newest reality show, "Kicking and Screaming," which airs March. 9. Domian is one of 20 contestants on the show. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Cathleen Snow) Rescue warrior battles it out on prime time reality show
For Tech. Sgt. Ben Domian, a survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialist with the 920th Rescue Wing, saying yes turned out to be a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Come March 9, 2017 at 8 p.m. Central Standard Time, television viewers across the nation can follow him and his partner, Juliana Herz, in their quest to win $500,000 on Fox TV’s newest reality show "Kicking and Screaming."
0 3/01
2017
Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force
Materiel Command, delivers the keynote address at the 2016 Women in Science and Engineering Symposium at Patrick AFB, Fla., Sept. 7, 2016.  Pawlikowski was invited by the Air Force Technical Applications Center to address the 250-plus crowd to discuss diversity in the workplace, especially tailored to women in science, technology, engineering and math.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Ben Thacker)
4-star returns to 1st assignment for WiSE keynote address
The Air Force’s third-ever female four-star general returned to her first assignment to deliver keynote remarks at the Air Force Technical Applications Center’s (AFTAC) Women in Science and Engineering Symposium (WiSE) Sept. 7.Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, opened the three-day symposium with a speech that
0 9/27
2016
Default Air Force Logo AF releases candidate bases for Battlefield Airman training
Today the Air Force announced eight installations as candidate locations where it will potentially consolidate its Battlefield Airman training.
0 7/07
2016
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III speaks during an all call at the base theater on Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., May 9, 2016. Following the all call, the general and his wife, Betty, spent the day meeting with 45th Space Wing personnel, mission partners and their families, addressed their concerns and provided them with an Air Force-level perspective. (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Jurgens) Welsh visits Patrick AFB, focuses on people, pride
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III told Airman Keegan Atherton, "I would die for you and you would die for me too," during his closing remarks at an all call May 9 at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, driving home his point about what makes the Air Force unique and different to him.
0 5/11
2016
Laura Perry, a 60-year-old transgender civilian Airman who works as a social worker, retrieves a file inside the mental health clinic on Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 22, 2016. Perry decided to physically become a woman after serving 20 years in the Air Force, and now volunteers for a transgender advocacy group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sean Kimmons) A new woman: Transgender civilian Airman embraces change
When Laura Perry first entered her office dressed as a woman, it was a colossal step in her yearslong quest for self-identity. It was time to show the world her true self. Before that April 2012 decision, Laura was Leonard, a retired Air Force major with a wife and two daughters. But something was always missing from her life.
38 3/08
2016
The Air Force's 12th GPS IIF satellite is encapsulated inside an Atlas V 4-meter payload fairing before being transported to a United Launch Alliance facility for hoist and mate at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The mission is set to lift off from Space Launch Complex 41 on Feb. 5, culminating a 27-year legacy of processing GPS satellites for the 45th Space Wing. (Courtesy photo/United Launch Alliance)
Final GPS IIF satellite moves to next processing phase toward launch
All of the intricate processing steps from delivery of the satellite to launching into orbit are part of their standard operations at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. But, it’s a bitter sweet moment when the team reflects on the extensive years of history they have processing GPS systems for the Air Force.
0 2/02
2016
Col. Jennifer P. Sovada (right), the Air Force Technical Applications Center commander, looks on as Lt. Col. Ehren Carl delivers his first remarks after assuming command of AFTAC’s Technical Surveillance Squadron at Patrick AFB, Fla., Oct. 15, 2015. Carl is the first officer to assume command of one of five newly-formed squadrons at AFTAC. (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Jurgens) Nuclear treaty monitoring center activates five new squadrons
The Air Force Technical Applications Center at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, recently activated five newly-designated squadrons, as the center takes steps to reorganize after becoming a wing equivalent in August 2014.
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2015
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