MPLS is the Cadillac of enterprise WAN services, having earned its stripes as the link option of choice because of its reliability, flexibility and controls. But upstarts are saying that, with a little ingenuity, they can use Internet pipes to achieve the same ends at a better price.
The United States Air Force became a separate military service on September 18, 1947, with the implementation of the National Security Act of 1947.
Considered by many to be world's first air force, the French Air Service (AÃ©ronautique Militaire) was established on 22 October 1910 under the command of General Roques. France led the world in the design of early aircraft and by 1914 the French Air Service fielded 132 machines divided amongst 21 units (escadrilles).