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The upside-down American flag, originally an apolitical symbol used by sailors to signal that their ship was in trouble, has since been adopted by both the political left and right in protest.

That's because the flag on an American servicemember's uniform is backward. That is to say, the canton (the top left corner), which houses the blue field of 50 white stars, is in the upper right.

Yet some airplanes appear to violate proper flag standards by depicting it backwards on the aircraft, with the canton, or star-filled rectangle, on the right instead of the left.