April 29, 2026 - 12:33 pm Independence One, Southwest Airlines’ newest patriotically themed Boeing 737 jet, will make its first appearance in Las Vegas on Wednesday when it arrives from Tucson, Arizona, shortly after sunset. Southwest Flight 1421 is scheduled to arrive at Harry Reid International Airport at 8 p.m. It will depart for Albuquerque, New Mexico, as Flight 1684 at 8:50 p.m. Independence One is one of three Southwest jets with livery celebrating the founding of the United States. The jet debuted with a flight from Dallas to Philadelphia on Wednesday and made its way west later in the day. Independence One has a red, white and blue paint scheme with 1776 written in giant quill script.…