The U.S. Navy has canceled the remainder of the elite Blue Angels demonstration team’s 2013 season and the Air Force is grounding about a third of its combat force because of federal budget cuts.
The commanders of the Air Force’s Air Combat Command and the Navy’s air forces announced the moves Tuesday.
The Blue Angels have performed at air shows around the world for more than 60 years. A spokesman for the Navy said team members would be allowed to fly minimal hours to maintain flight proficiency in the F/A-18 fighter jets, but the six-jet squadron would discontinue group practices for the remainder of the season.
The Air Force began grounding about one-third of its active-duty combat aircraft, including squadrons of fighters, bombers and airborne warning and control craft.
(AP)
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If they cancel shows they should give back ALL the money they received for 2013 because their budget was increased!!
Maybe they should use the money to bomb the Taliban and al Queda?
What a loss no show i don’t know how we will b able to sleep
Should people who get food stamps be entitled to have lavish parties or do we expect them to act responsibly the govt should live within its means and stop wasting money on showy extravagance
cancel obama, mrs o and bidens use of the planes for vacation and this will pay for the blue angels and the tours of the white house. I won’t say what I feel for this skunk in the white house he will hurt everybody and anybody to get his way. obama is the lowest pres ever in the USA. Carter was stupid obama is EVIL
You can’t have your blue angels but I could have my private concert in the white house. – Barack Hussein Obama