Air Force buys electronic flight bags for cargo planes

The Air Force's Air Mobility Command is buying iPads for its aircraft.

Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, will provide iPad-based electronic flight bag (EFB) services for approximately 1,160 Mobility Air Force aircraft, and more than 16,000 related Air Force iPad users, according to a Jeppesen announcement.

"The Mobility Air Force aircraft will be equipped with Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro, the EFB solution that streamlines the use of navigational information for military fleet programs and commercial aviation operators," the company said.

The aircraft that will receive the flight software include the C-5, C-17, C-130, KC-10 and KC-135, as well as multiple executive and operational support aircraft.

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