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Posted: 5/17/2013 3:56:35 PM EST
FILE - In June 1999 file photo, Patty Wagstaff, considered by many of her peers to be one of the best aerobatic pilots in the world, stands near the tail of her plane, an Extra 300S, during a break in a performance at Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, N.M. Federal budget cuts that eliminated military flying acts triggered the cancellation of dozens of air shows, causing lost income for performers like Wagstaff, along with air show announcers, concessionaires, vendors and others who depend on air shows and the millions of spectators. (AP Photo/Lamar Daily News, John Kennon, File)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 1:26:40 PM EST
FILE - In this July 16, 2009 file photo, Patty Wagstaff, top, and Sean D. Tucker fly over the National Museum of the United States Air Force and the National Aviation Hall of Fame, in Dayton, Ohio. Federal budget cuts that eliminated military flying acts triggered the cancellation of dozens of air shows, causing lost income for performers like Wagstaff, along with air show announcers, concessionaires, vendors and others who depend on air shows and the millions of spectators. (AP Photo/The Dayton Daily News, Ty Greenlees, File)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 1:26:40 PM EST
FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 file photo, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform at the Great State of Maine Air Show, in Brunswick, Maine. Federal budget cuts that eliminated military flying acts triggered the cancellation of dozens of air shows, causing lost income for performers, along with air show announcers, concessionaires, vendors and others who depend on air shows and the millions of spectators. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)
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Posted: 5/16/2013 4:38:15 AM EST
Students paint on the front of a Unicredit bank during a protest against government budget cuts in Milan December 12, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer
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Posted: 5/16/2013 4:38:15 AM EST
Students paint on the front of a Unicredit bank during a protest against government budget cuts in Milan December 12, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer
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Posted: 5/14/2013 6:44:40 PM EST
In this Tuesday, May 7, 2013 photo, at the Alaska Volcano Observatory in Anchorage, Ak., geophysicist John Power of the U.S. Geological Survey talks about the impacts of federal budget cuts that have hampered the maintenance of aging seismic equipment. Four other U.S. observatories face funding challenges as well. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)
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Posted: 5/14/2013 6:08:48 AM EST
This undated image from the Alaska Vocano Observatory shows Geologist Kristi Wallace, left, and Scientist-in-Charge John Power in the AVO operations room. Scientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have been forced to shut down stations that provide real-time tracking of eruptions and forgo repairs of seismic equipment amid ongoing federal budget cuts _ moves that could mean delays in getting vital information to airline pilots and emergency planners. (AP Photo/Alaska Volcano Observatory and U.S. Geological Survey)
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Posted: 5/8/2013 2:19:23 PM EST
FILE - This March 12, 2013 file photo shows the air traffic control tower at Chicago's Midway International Airport. Seventy-two 72 airport towers and other air traffic control facilities that were slated to close at night, including at Midway, due to budget cuts will get to stay open, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The FAA had announced earlier this year that it would eliminate midnight shifts of air traffic controllers at 69 airport towers and two regional approach control facilities in order to meet across-the-board, automatic spending cuts required by Congress. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 4:58:33 PM EST
FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2012, file photo Lucas LaPointe, 6, center, covers his ears at the Jacksonville Sea and Sky Spectacular in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds have cancelled their 2013 seasons because of the automatic federal budget cuts causing about 60 cancellations thus far and affecting more than 200 of the approximately 300 air shows held each year. (AP Photo/Florida Times-Union, Bruce Lipsky, File)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 4:58:33 PM EST
FILE - In this Tuesday, July 3, 2012 file photo, the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute in before a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Colorado Rockies, in St. Louis. The Golden Knights, along with theU.S Navy's Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds, have cancelled their 2013 seasons because of the automatic federal budget cuts causing about 60 cancellations thus far and affecting more than 200 of the approximately 300 air shows held each year. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam, File)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 4:58:33 PM EST
FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2012, file photo the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels fly in formation above a crowd of spectators at the Jacksonville Sea and Sky Spectacular in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. The Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds have cancelled their 2013 seasons because of the automatic federal budget cuts causing about 60 cancellations thus far and affecting more than 200 of the approximately 300 air shows held each year. (AP Photo/Florida Times-Union, Bruce Lipsky, File)
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Posted: 4/23/2013 9:03:22 PM EST
One jet departs in view of the air traffic control tower at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as another waits on the tarmac Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Seattle. A day after flight delays plagued much of the U.S., air travel is smoother Tuesday. But the government is warning passengers that the situation can change by the hour as it runs the nation's air traffic control system with a smaller staff. Airlines and members of Congress urged the Federal Aviation Administration to find other ways to make mandatory budget cuts besides furloughing controllers. While delays haven't been terrible yet, the airlines are worried about the long-term impact late flights will have on their budgets and on fliers. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Posted: 4/22/2013 6:28:27 PM EST
An American Airlines plane takes off at LAX International airport in Los Angeles Monday, April 22, 2013. Some fliers headed to Los Angeles International Airport were met with delays yesterday on the first day of staffing cuts for air traffic controllers because of government spending reductions. Budget cuts that kicked in last month forced the FAA to give controllers extra days off. Commercial airline flights moved smoothly throughout most of the country on Sunday, April 21, 2013, the first day air traffic controllers were subject to furloughs resulting from government spending cuts, though some delays appeared in the late evening in and around New York. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Posted: 4/22/2013 6:28:27 PM EST
A China Southern Cargo jet takes off at LAX International airport in Los Angeles Monday, April 22, 2013. Some fliers headed to Los Angeles International Airport were met with delays yesterday on the first day of staffing cuts for air traffic controllers because of government spending reductions. Budget cuts that kicked in last month forced the FAA to give controllers extra days off. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Posted: 4/16/2013 4:10:25 PM EST
FILE - In this Jan, 31, 2011 file photo, Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough speaks during a news conference in Washington. Budget cuts from Congress will soon reduce the number of free exhibitions on view each day at the Smithsonian Institution and will force unpaid leave for U.S. Park Police officers who guard the nation's monuments in Washington, New York City and elsewhere, agency officials told Congress on Tuesday. Clough testified Tuesday that the museum complex had made administrative cuts but must now reduce its security contract for gallery attendants because of the budget cuts. As a result, the Smithsonian can't keep all galleries open at once and will begin rolling gallery closures after May 1. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Posted: 4/9/2013 4:53:26 PM EST
FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2012, file photo first lady Michelle Obama and White House assistant chef Sam Kass taste food in Dallas. Kass, who cooks dinner for President Barack Obama several nights a week, said Tuesday, April 9, 2013, that he will be furloughed as part of across-the-board budget cuts that went into effect in March 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Posted: 4/8/2013 3:53:18 AM EST
FILE - In this April 3, 2013 file photo U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the National Defense University in Fort McNair, Washington. Hagel said the greatest financial threat to the Pentagon isn't budget cuts but rather the "unchecked, spiraling costs" of new weapons and personnel benefits. He warned of sharply deeper cuts to personnel, health care and weapons systems across his department, and next week's budget blueprint is expected to include several congressionally unpopular proposals: requests for two rounds of domestic base closings in 2015 and 2017, a 1 percent pay raise for military personnel and a revival of last yearís plan to increase health care fees and implement new ones, according to several defense analysts. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Posted: 3/18/2013 5:13:43 PM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama discusses defense strategic guidance at the Pentagon in Washington. In response to the budget cuts that took effect March 1, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered a re-evaluation of the underpinnings of the defense strategy that Obama announced 14 months ago. Hagel spokesman George Little said March 18, 2013, that Hagel wants to see the results by May 31.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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Posted: 3/15/2013 3:23:38 PM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 21, 1996 file photo, federal aviation officials examine the wreckage of two planes that collided on the runway of Baldwin Municipal Airport in Quincy, Ill., killing all 14 people on both aircraft. Mark Hanna, who became director of the Quincy airport about two years after the crash and before moving to the same job at Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, said if a tower was there, it's highly likely that the accident would have been prevented. Looming federal budget cuts could mean the closure of nearly 240 air traffic control towers across the country, stripping away an extra layer of safety during takeoffs and landings and leaving many pilots to manage the most critical stages of flight on their own. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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Posted: 3/15/2013 3:23:38 PM EST
This March 12, 2013 photo shows the air traffic control tower at Chicago's Midway International Airport. Looming federal budget cuts could mean the closure of nearly 240 air traffic control towers at small airports across the country, stripping away an extra layer of safety during takeoffs and landings and leaving many pilots to manage the most critical stages of flight on their own. In addition, overnight shifts could be eliminated at 72 control facilities, including much larger airports such as Midway, which sees an average of 50 overnight flights, nearly all of them operated by Southwest and Delta. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
