The Chicago Rockford International Airport announced Monday it is cancelling the 2016 Rockford Airfest due to scheduling conflicts with the U.S. Department of Defense’s F-22 jet teams.
Mike Dunn, Executive Director of the Chicago Rockford International Airport, says the airport had scheduled the jet teams to perform at Airfest the first weekend in June, but the Department rescheduled the teams to instead participate in graduation ceremonies at the military academies.
Dunn says that, after several attempts to reschedule, the airport opted to cancel this year’s event rather than go ahead without the headline performer.
Dunn says Airfest is a huge and expensive undertaking, but also very popular, and it will return.
Dunn says the airport already has begun plans for next year’s Airfest.
