The Pacific Airshow is returning to Huntington Beach this weekend with a smaller lineup than expected after the show’s organizers announced all their performers connected to the US military were cancelled due to the federal shutdown.

That means teams like the Air Force’s Thunderbirds and a demo team for the F35 fighter jet will no longer be performing, along with a host of other high profile demonstrations.

Despite the cancellations, airshow organizer Kevin Elliott said they’d still have an over five-hour show with acts like the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and Royal Air Force Falcons still performing.

“We still have a full lineup for this year’s show in spite of losing US Military so there is no question that the show is going forward,” Elliott wrote in a Thursday text message.

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