Air Mobility Command to Adopt Paperless Charts by December

The Air Mobility Command expects to take delivery of tablet computers capable of displaying digital flight charts this April and plans to go completely paperless by December, Gen. Raymond Johns, AMC commander, said in an internal message that Nextgov obtained.

In January, AMC kicked off a procurement for up to 18,000 Apple iPad 2 or equivalent computers to serve as electronic flight bags, which will store and display navigation charts and technical manuals for crews...