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British Military Aviation in 1980

March-April
Operation Agila: Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel withdraw from Rhodesia with the disbanding of the United Nations Ceasefire Monitoring Force in that country.

13 September
RAF Coltishall, the only Second World War Fighter Command airfield still operational, stages a public air show to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

22 September
HMS Ark Royal, the Royal Navy's last conventional aircraft carrier leaves Plymouth to be scrapped.