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.

This, in effect, is what the flag is doing when it's "backward." It's waving, facing forward. The American flag also appears to be flying backward on military uniforms, and the logic behind this ...

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. This is being ...