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The BN/KL region of the Orion Nebula is the nearest region of high mass starformation in our galaxy. As such, it has been the subject of intenseinvestigation at a variety of wavelengths, which have revealed it to bebrightest in the infrared to sub-mm wavelength regime. Using the newlycommissioned SOFIA airborne telescope and its 5-40 micron camera FORCAST,images of the entire BN/KL complex have been acquired. The 31.5 and 37.1 micronimages represent the highest resolution observations (<=4") ever obtained ofthis region at these wavelengths. These observations reveal that the BN objectis not the dominant brightness source in the complex at wavelengths >31.5microns, and that this distinction goes instead to the source IRc4. It wasdetermined from these images and derived dust color temperature maps that IRc4is also likely to be self-luminous. A new source of emission has also beenidentified at wavelengths >31.5 microns that coincides with the northeasternoutflow lobe from the protostellar disk associated with radio source I.

First Science Observations with SOFIA/FORCAST: 6 TO 37 micron Imaging of Orion BN/KL