Air Show Looking To Land Top Civilian Jet Teams After Losing Blue Angels

OCEAN CITY -- The U.S. Navy Blue Angels demonstration team, expected to be the feature act at the Ocean City Air Show in June, announced this week it was canceling all remaining appearances for 2013, putting an apparent damper of the resort’s air show, but organizers said this week the show will go on with an all-star civilian line-up.

For the first few years of the Ocean City Air Show held each June over the beach and Boardwalk, military demonstration teams have been the signature element of the event, most notably the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds.

This year, Ocean City Air Show organizers scored a coup of sorts when they were able to lure the Blue Angels for the 2013 event set for June 8-9. However, federal budget cuts labeled as “sequestration” after an impasse in Washington forced the grounding of most of the armed forces demonstration teams.
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