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NOW I WILL LINK JAY FORRESTER, ROBERT VALLEY AND WHIRLWIND TO THE STORY
VALLEY RECOGNIZED THAT AIR DEFENSE WAS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PROBLEM
FORRESTERÅfS 1948 REPORT SUGGESTED THAT COMPUTERS COULD HELP MONITOR AIRSPACE
VALLEY TOOK THE IDEA TO THE AIR FORCE
IN 1949 THE AIR FORCE ADOPTED THE IDEA AND ASKED CONGRESS FOR THE FUNDS TO CREATE AN AIR DEFENSE NETWORK
THE FUNDING WAS GRANTED AND IN EARLY 1950 JAY FORRESTER BECAME THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF
SEMI-AUTOMATED GROUND ENVIRONMENT
