U.S. to Scale Back Role in Paris Air Show
From Times Wire Reports
The Defense Department said it was scaling back participation at the Paris Air Show in what industry officials called a thinly veiled slap at France for opposing the war in Iraq.
The department said it would send no one above colonel rank to the June 15-22 event. In addition, no U.S. aircraft would join the traditional daily flyovers that demonstrate performance characteristics to air show visitors and weapons buyers from around the world, said a Pentagon spokesman.
Six U.S. aircraft would be parked at the show.
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