In honor of America’s 250th birthday, two of NASA’s most iconic aircraft received a new coat of red, white and blue paint ahead of a flyover over Washington on July 4, 2026, with other NASA aircraft. An F-15 and an F/A-18 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, were recently repainted in patriotic
NASA flight photographers capture history from a perspective few experience, getting a rare bird’s-eye view of the agency’s missions in action. His photographs document key NASA research and give the public a front-row seat to the work being done behind the scenes. Jim Ross, a photographer at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California,