Dowie refused to talk about whether he will be able to hold on to his star men for next season, with Andy Johnson and Wayne Rouledge likely to attract interest from other Premiership clubs.
Without them, organizers of major air shows like Wings over Wayne at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina and Skyfest 2013 at Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington state scheduled for this weekend, coincidentally on Armed Forces Day, opted to cancel.