The Airlift/Tanker Association has canceled its annual conference for industry and military leaders next month in Nashville because of the lapse in government appropriations, according to the organization . "The Airlift Tanker Association Board of Officers, due to circumstances beyond their control, had no choice but to cancel this year’s symposium because the government shutdown prevented military personnel and government employees from attending,” Patricia Cost, ATA’s vice president of programs, told Inside Defense . “These circumstances made it impossible for...
