{"id":803018,"date":"2026-07-14T13:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=803018"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:12:33","slug":"nasa-jets-turn-red-white-and-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=803018","title":{"rendered":"NASA Jets Turn Red, White, and Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In honor of America\u2019s 250th birthday, two of NASA\u2019s most iconic aircraft got a fresh coat of red, white, and blue paint ahead of a flyover in Washington on July 4, 2026, with other NASA aircraft. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An F-15 and an F\/A-18 from NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, recently were repainted in patriotic colors as a tribute to the past and a salute to the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The red, white, and blue commemorative paint and Freedom 250 logo will remain on these aircraft for at least the next year, so be sure to catch these at local air shows and events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow along on social media and at  to learn more about where to spot the aircraft <em>(dependent upon availability and flying schedules):<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>July 23-24:\u00a0EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, Wisconsin<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 3-4:\u00a0Pacific Airshow, Huntington Beach, California<\/li>\n<li>And more\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out more images here: <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/nasa-jets-turn-red-white-and-blue\/?rand=772140\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of America\u2019s 250th birthday, two of NASA\u2019s most iconic aircraft got a fresh coat of red, white, and blue paint ahead of a flyover in Washington on July&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":803019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-803018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aeronautics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=803018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/803019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=803018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=803018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=803018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}