United States Navy Blue Angels: Re-enactment

Re-enactment Dept: CINCINNATI - A popular air show has cancelled plans to stage a re-enactment of the devastating World War II atomic bomb attack on Japan after protests, officials said Thursday, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Air show officials said the re-enactment was meant to highlight a historic event that helped end the war and save lives that would have been lost if the war had been prolonged and FILE - In this Thursday, July 5, 2012 file photo shows the United States Navy Blue Angels and world-renowned aerobatic pilot Michael Goulian form up for a flight over Vandalia, Ohio. The Dayton Air Show has canceled plans to stage a re-enactment of a World War II atomic bomb attack on Japan after an online petition was posted in protest, officials said Thursday. AP Photo/The Piqua Daily Call, Mike Ullery, File Dayton Air Show spokeswoman Brenda Kerfoot said the June 22-23 event at Dayton International Airport will keep a planned "Great Wall of Fire" pyrotechnic show but not as an event meant to re-enact the Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima. The B-29 plane "Fifi," similar to the Enola Gay B-29 bomber used to attack Japan, will remain in the show but in a separate role. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.