NASA Flies into California’s Pacific Airshow

NASA photographer Jim Ross rides in the back seat of the agency’s newly painted F‑15, which honors America’s 250th birthday, during a transit flight to Huntington Beach, California, piloted by NASA test pilot Wayne Ringelberg, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. The aircraft will fly in the Pacific Airshow, Oct. 2-4.

NASA photographer Jim Ross rides in the back seat of the agency’s newly painted F‑15, which honors America’s 250th birthday, during a transit flight to Huntington Beach, California, piloted by NASA test pilot Wayne Ringelberg, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. The aircraft will fly in the Pacific Airshow, Oct. 2-4.

Photographer NASA/Jim Ross
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