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Show November 25, 1 998 Battle labs are future Air Force vs. BYU of command, control Game tickets available U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, COLO. now at the Air Force Academy ticket can take advantage and ben-- Air Force will meet from insertion of speech capabilities efit Brigham Young office. Tickets are priced at $42, 16th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs in several programs and applications, like $27, $17. They may be purchased by University in the WAC Championship or HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFPN) An those used in the JAOC. game on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. at calling escort mission ofF-1-6 Wild Weasels is needed Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev. ; Many companies in private industry are to support the Joint Air Forces Air CompoThe Falcons won the Mountain DiviBrigham Young finished the season choosing to use and develop speech recogy with a 3 record and made it to the nent Commander's strike package in a sion title last Saturday with a 22-1-6 nition software for many reasons. Among over Rice. conflict Speaking a few word commands the more frequent uses are increased prochampionship game with a 25-2- 4 vicrival Utah last Satto a computer, a combat plans warfighter Western of the With break work the tory over up ductivity in the place to get more in a Joint Air Operations Center modifies tasks done with comparable or better accuAthletic Conference, this championship urday. The Falcons finished the regular seathe Air Tasking Order to add the escort misgame will be the last for the two schools racy than can be achieved using existing son with a 10-- 1 record. Following the sion. as they join six other schools in secedmethods. It allows most companies to Does this sound like science fiction? access new markets by extending ing from the conference and forming victory over Rice on Saturday, the Acadthe new Mountain West Conference. Well, the Command and Control Battle-la- b and weekend telephone service to maremy accepted an invitation to play in is working to improve human interacTickets for Air Force fans, for seat- the Jeep Aloha Bowl Christmas Footkets in the country and overseas. Finally, tions with computers. They're developing it provides more control to severely dising in the Falcon section and not ball Classic Doubleheader on Dec. 25 a speech recognition software prototype abled people to work in their environment general stadium seating, are on sale at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. David Williamson, AFRL project manto install into Theater Battle Management Core Systems forJAOC personnel to assist ager developing the speech recognition in the development of the ATO. TBMCS software, said this technology can help is a software tool that develops the ATO. people solve problems quicker by elimi"This technology will definitely reduce nating the use of repetitive processes. the workload ofwar fighters, allowing them Speaking is the most natural and univerto concentrate on planning the placement sal method of communication between RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas be selected for promotion or who othof weapons. TheyTl spend less time (on a people. The aim of speech recognition is Officers who write letters to erwise directly caused nonselection (AFPN) their central promotion selection board through written communication to the computer) navigating and searching through to extend communication capabilities to interact with machines, such as computwindow frames and multiple menus to exerequesting not to be promoted are no board." ers. cute the missions of a given global conPreviously, officers were allowed to longer eligible for separation pay when flict," said Col. John Gorman, C2 Battlelab "Navigating and commanding through request in writing that the board not prothey are twice deferred. commander. menus as (done) with this prototype is just This change to the National Defense mote them. If officers were twice deferred, Another advantage of speech technola foot in the door to what can realty be done Authorization Act became law Oct. 17 they would be separated from the Air ' with this technology," said Williamson. and is effective for all boards taking place- - r Force and would receive separation pay. ogy is that people can work with computAir Force Personnel Center otficrals ers when encumbered by protective chemical The idea to use speech technology in on or after this date. Letters written to and biological defense equipment, said mand and control environments originally promotion boards convening prior to Oct 'said this does not affect the freedom offi- - ' cers have to communicate with a selec- 17 are not affected by the ND AA change. Maj. Eben Hughes, C2 Battlelab speech came from a group out of Hanscom Air .The new law states that, "Officers twice tion board. Officers are still encouraged recognition program manager. The Air, Force Base, Mass. The C2 Battleab began the project in Feb- - nonselected for promotion to the next to correspond by letter with their board Force has been working with speech technology to insert it into fighter aircraft cockruary 1998, when the prototype develop- - higher grade are not entitled to separa- callingattention to any matter rf record tion pay if either or both of those nonse-lectioconcerning themselves thatthey believe pits to reduce the pilot's workload since ment was approved by Maj. Gen. John for promotion resulted from an is important to their consideration. (Courthe early '80s. Hawley, Aerospace Command and Conjf trol Agency commander, Langley AFB, Va. , officer who requested in writing not to tesy oAFPC News Service) Now mat the technology has matured, the Air Force by Donald E. 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