The Air Force Thunderbirds: Blue Angels

The Army Dept: DEFENCE, according to CTV. Furlough notices will begin going out later this month to about 800,000 defence department civilians, who will lose a day's pay each week for more than five months. The Army will let go more than 3,000 temporary and contract employees and beginning in April, it will cancel maintenance at depots which will force 5,000 more layoffs. The Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy's Blue Angels will cancel air show appearances and automatic spending cuts that took effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples: One of the Navy's premier warships, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, sits pier-side in Norfolk, Va., its deployment to the Persian Gulf delayed. The carrier and its 5,000-person crew were to leave Feb. 8, along with the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg. The Navy also began plans to gradually shut down four of its air wings -- which include 50 to 60 aircraft each and are assigned to the carriers -- and delay and cancel the deployments of several other ships. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.