Executive Director Steve Levesque said Wednesday that the difficult decision followed the Pentagon’s decision to cancel flyovers, jump team demonstrations and civilian air shows effective April 1.
The Navy’s Blue Angels were set to be perform at the air show on Sept. 14 and 15.
Levesque said the Navy flight demonstration team was a major draw, and that replacing the team with civilian teams would’ve come at a great cost.
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- In this Saturday, March 23, 2013 photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels perform their precision aerobatics over the Florida Keys during the Southernmost Air Spectacular at Naval Air Station Key West near Key West, Fla. The weekend air show concludes Sunday, March 24, and may mark the the last Blue Angels performance, at least through the end of September 2013, due to sequester budget cuts. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Rob O’Neal)
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