Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft of all shapes and sizes have conducted a final airborne rehearsal for a spectacular event that will take place in the skies over Central London on Monday, May 5, 2025.<\/p>\n
23 aircraft from various RAF squadrons, along with an Avro Lancaster bomber from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), will combine to perform a low-level flypast to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day \u2013 the day on which the hostilities of the Second World War in Europe officially ended, which was declared on May 8, 1945. The date for the flypast has been selected as May 5, 2025, as the day is a public holiday across the UK.<\/p>\n
As part of the rehearsal held on April 28, 2025, the 23 aircraft that will participate in the VE Day flypast congregated in several specially selected air corridors over Eastern England before lining up in formation to pass in turn over the iconic College Hall at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire, historically where any officer serving in the RAF, including pilots, will have been selected and trained.<\/p>\n\n Aircraft including Eurofighter Typhoons, Airbus A400M Atlas multipurpose transport aircraft, a C-17 Globemaster, F-35 combat aircraft, a Voyager air-to-air refueller, plus the RAF\u2019s Rivet Joint and Boeing Poseidon reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft all took their turns to fly over the building, which doubled up as Buckingham Palace, on whose front balcony King Charles will be watching on the day of the flypast. The flypast will be similar to one that was conducted for the 75th anniversary of VE Day back in May 2021.<\/p>\n \n![\"Royal](\"https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/images\/2025\/04\/RAf2-1-1200x760.jpg\" "\\"Royal")