Organizers of the upcoming air show in Halifax have cancelled an appearance by a U.S. warplane that's identical to those involved in a recent deadly "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan.

An A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known as a Warthog, was scheduled to take part in the Nova Scotia International Air Show this weekend at the Halifax airport.

U.S. pilots in two A-10 Thunderbolt II warplanes, like this one, mistakenly fired on a Canadian platoon during a battle in southern Afghanistan on Monday.
U.S. pilots in two A-10 Thunderbolt II warplanes, like this one, mistakenly fired on a Canadian platoon during a battle in southern Afghanistan on Monday.
(U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Jerry Morrison/Associated Press)
Colin Stephenson, the show's executive director, said the decision to replace the Warthog with a USAF F-15E Eagle was made after consulting with the U.S. Air Force.

"With an investigation underway we are very sensitive to the emotions that this type of incident invokes," Stephenson said in a release.

On Monday, the pilots of two Warthogs mistakenly fired on a Canadian platoon during a battle west of Kandahar City, killing Pte. Mark Anthony Graham and wounding about 30 other soldiers.

Joyce Clooney, the grandmother of Pte. Richard Green, the Nova Scotia soldier killed in Afghanistan in 2002 by an American bomb, was among those who spoke out against the move to bring in the Warthog.