VE Day celebrations (Photo: AP)Participating aircraft included:Red ArrowsTyphoon fighter jetsF-35 stealth fightersVoyager transport aircraftP8 Poseidon surveillance aircraftHistoric WWII-era planesA400M Atlas, C-17 Globemaster, and Rivet Joint (rehearsed on April 29)VE Day 80 – Other eventsA party will be held aboard HMS Belfast, a WWII-era warship moored on the River Thames. Queen Camilla will visit a powerful art installation featuring 30,000 red ceramic poppies at the Tower of London, symbolizing remembrance. They acknowledged the massive crowd of Londoners who had assembled to celebrate what Churchill proclaimed as the "day of victory in Europe". The United Kingdom kicked off four days of national celebrations on Monday to mark 80 years since the end of World War II in Europe, known as Victory in Europe (VE) Day. The event will be witnessed by the royal family and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.The 80th anniversary of VE Day falls on Thursday, 8 May 2025, marking the day Nazi Germany formally surrendered in 1945.
