An Air Force flyover that caused panic on the streets of New York last month cost U.S. taxpayers as much as $357,000 and has left one White House employee without a job.The White House says that they're going to release a photo of the flyby, but that remains to be seen.
On Friday, President Barack Obama accepted the resignation of Louis Caldera, director of the White House Military Office.
The president was said to have been furious about the incident and had ordered an internal review. The mission had been approved by Caldera, who had apologized.
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Also on Friday, in a letter to Sen. John McCain, Defense Secretary Robert Gates provided requested details of the incident.
UPDATE:
So, after all that, here's the photo. This is what we waited for? It's a mess.
Stevie Wonder could have taken a better photo than this. And where was the photo editing corps to deal with the cockpit reflections (which was one reason why this didn't make sense when they used F-16s as the photo platform in the first place). Not seen in the photo are the tens of thousands of people running from buildings in Jersey City and Lower Manhattan wondering if another 9/11 was underway.
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