RichTextEditor is a complex component which consist of few small components and TextArea. So the problem is how to insert image in TextArea.
TextArea can render simple HTML and <img>
tag is supported. More about htmlText property here.
So
var myTextEditor:RichTextEditor = new RichTextEditor();
myTextEditor.htmlText = "<img src='myImage.jpg' />"
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