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Former MTV VJ Simone Angel told BBC News that the decision “really does break my heart,” adding that the shift toward reality programming feels like a loss.

The aerobatic display team were headed to the National Memorial Arboretum, near Lichfield, Staffordshire, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when the strike happened.

Flight Lieutenant George Hobday, pilot of Red 7, described flying for the veterans on VJ Day as "humbling" and "an absolute honour".

VJ Day, or Victory over Japan Day, is marked each year on 15 August - the date in 1945 when Japan surrendered to the Allied forces and World War Two ended.

Japan unconditionally surrendered on 15 August 1945, the day that VJ Day is marked each year.