SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The government shutdown has grounded the Blue Angels from its crowd-pleasing, stunt-filled airshow at San Francisco’s Fleet Week. But Royal Canadian pilots and Colombian sailors will be on hand to make sure the show goes on, organizers said Wednesday.

The three-masted ARC Gloria, which is the official flagship of the Colombian Navy, will arrive at the Port of San Francisco on Thursday and the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Snowbirds will headline the air show this weekend.

The late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein started Fleet Week in 1981, as a civic celebration of and tribute to all those who serve in the armed forces.

“And nearly every October since, the sound of jets has become a familiar soundtrack over the city,” said San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie at a press event h

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