US Air Force Might Acquire 18,000 iPads

It could be an excellent deal for Apple. With the growing success of the iPad among flight companies, it could also seduce the US Air Force for replacing the large and heavy documentations present in all planes. The goal would be the replace the 20 kg books and folders by an iPad. Weight and search function would of course be of strong interest for the crew and pilots.
However, it is unlikely that pilots will get the authorization to install apps on such iPad to play games and kill time during long distance flight on auto-pilot mode...