More details on the likely trimming of Blue Angels from Beaufort air show

The Navy has yet to officially cancel the April Blue Angels appearance in Beaufort, and The Island Packet writes that the air show organizers are waiting on official word of the cancellation.

The paper also notes that organizers are planning for the show to still go on, and notes that Air Force's F-22 Raptor and Heritage Flight shows have also been canceled.

As for the official line from the Navy, in a March 4 release the Secretary of the Navy's office wrote that, in response to the sequestration "we immediately announce intent to cancel blue angels shows scheduled for April 2013."

"Intent" being the linchpin.

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