Leading Edge Aviation Services (now renamed International Aerospace Coatings) is an FAA-certified maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company based in Costa Mesa, California.

[2] The company is the largest independent painter of commercial and military aircraft, with an annual revenue of $150 million in the United States, with facilities in California, Mississippi, Texas, Florida and South Carolina.

[3] Leading Edge was founded by Mike Manclark in 1989 as an aircraft detailing business based in John Wayne International Airport in Orange County, California.

[7] Other notable milestones: In 2008, The company repainted a World War II era Douglas A-26 Invader, now on display at the Orange County John Wayne Airport.

[8] In 2009, restored a Blue Angels McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, now on display at the San Diego Air and Space Museum.