NASA F/A‑18 Flyover Above Bakersfield Fire Department

NASA photographer Jim Ross captured this view from inside the cockpit of an F/A‑18 aircraft during a commemorative flyover above the Bakersfield Fire Department and surrounding community in California on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. The aircraft is based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The flyover was part of an event honoring the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001.