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Looming budget decisions in the U.S. may determine whether Abbotsford sees American military aircraft at this year’s airshow. The growing national debt in the U.S., which now stands at more than $16 trillion, has led to potential automatic federal funding decreases in an attempt to control spending. The first instalment of cuts, totalling $85 billion, could begin on March 1, and the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) has said this will affect American military plane attendance at airshows across North America. It means the highly popular Blue Angels and the USAF Thunderbirds aerial demonstration teams, and static displays of military aircraft, may no longer participate. Jim Reith, incoming president of the Abbotsford Airshow, said the issue has led to some uncertainty about which acts will appear. Continued on A7
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U.S. military aerial demonstration teams such as the Thunderbirds may see their funding cut as part of looming American spending controls.
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