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Air show pulls U.S. warplane from lineup
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 6, 2006 | 1:13 PM AT
CBC News
Organizers of the upcoming air show in Halifax have cancelled an appearance by a U.S. warplane that's identical to those involved in a recent deadly "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan.

An A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known as a Warthog, was scheduled to take part in the Nova Scotia International Air Show this weekend at the Halifax airport.



U.S. pilots in two A-10 Thunderbolt II warplanes, like this one, mistakenly fired on a Canadian platoon during a battle in southern Afghanistan on Monday.
(U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Jerry Morrison/Associated Press)
Colin Stephenson, the show's executive director, said the decision to replace the Warthog with a USAF F-15E Eagle was made after consulting with the U.S. Air Force.

"With an investigation underway we are very sensitive to the emotions that this type of incident invokes," Stephenson said in a release.

On Monday, the pilots of two Warthogs mistakenly fired on a Canadian platoon during a battle west of Kandahar City, killing Pte. Mark Anthony Graham and wounding about 30 other soldiers.

Joyce Clooney, the grandmother of Pte. Richard Green, the Nova Scotia soldier killed in Afghanistan in 2002 by an American bomb, was among those who spoke out against the move to bring in the Warthog.

LOL

After 50 years of life I truly thought people couldnt get any stupider.

Once again I guess Im mistaken.

Take care gentlemen.

It's called PC run amuck.

Fender

"Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it."
George Bernard Shaw

Maybe I'll take shit for this, but in these times of Political Correctness, think this is a good move.

I see it as being sensitive to the family.

"If breathing wasn't a natural act, you would have been dead along time ago"!
Gary Chandler, Old Friend & High School Teacher

Perhaps merely a show of consideration. Sometimes reading too much into a thing results in finding nothing more than is really there.

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Just give me some ammo, a little water.....and some chips if you got 'em

I agree, pulling it was right this time. The Canadians love the Hawg. We traditionally send 4 or 5 jets to the Stevenville Nova Scotia airshow every two years. They love us. But sending a Hawg right now would be like sending an EA-6 to Northern Italy in the summer of '99.

"By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a peerage or Westminster Abbey !" Nelson the Immortal Memory

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At first I thought pulling the Hogs was about the dumbest thing I've ever heard. But you put it in good perspective man, I didn't think of it like that.

Assault is a type of behavior, not a type of rifle.

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I agree, pulling it was right this time. The Canadians love the Hawg. We traditionally send 4 or 5 jets to the Stevenville Nova Scotia airshow every two years. They love us. But sending a Hawg right now would be like sending an EA-6 to Northern Italy in the summer of '99.

"By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a peerage or Westminster Abbey !" Nelson the Immortal Memory
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Indeed we do love the Hog! I thought Stevenville was in Newfoundland, not Nova Scotia. I heard some nice stories about you guys at this airshow from one of your pilot!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Sorry Phillipe I had a brain cramp. It is indeed in New Foundland. It is where I kissed my first fish to become a Newfie.

"By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a peerage or Westminster Abbey !" Nelson the Immortal Memory

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