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Planes circle past the Statue of Liberty and
near the World Trade Center
"It was a mistake. It will never happen
again," President Obama said.
Military version of the 747, used as Air Force
One and two F16 Fighters fly over NYC below 1000 feet.
Publicity photo shoot cost taxpayers $328,835 and caused a furor in New York
City
(Warrior Note - Photos of the planes and photos of the World Trade Center
Void and Statue of Liberty New could have been stitched together in Adobe
Photoshop or any image processor for a few hundred dollars.
There is a Conspiracy theory being circulated that a disgruntled White House
Pilot was involved in hijacking the plane to make a statement about
criticism of veterans by Homeland Security and to make Obama react???)
 The
planes flew past the Statue of Liberty and the financial district near the
World Trade Center site that was hit in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
flying as low as 1,000 feet. The aircraft were on a “photo mission,” Jim Peters, an FAA spokesman, said.
The flyover ordered by the White House Office of Military Affairs so
it would have souvenir photos of Air Force One with the Statue of Liberty in
the background.
The NYPD was so upset about the demand for secrecy that Police Commissioner
Ray Kelly vowed never to follow such a directive again and he accused the
feds of inciting fears of a 9/11 replay.
"Did it show any insensitivity to the psychic wounds New York City has after
9/11? Absolutely. No questions about it. It was quite insensitive."
The cost of the frivolous flight was about $60,000 an hour and that was just
for Air Force One. That doesn't include the cost of the two F-16s that came
along.
Senator John McCain of Arizona wrote in a letter to Defense Secretary Robert
Gates. McCain, the senior Republican on the Armed Services Committee, asked
Gates to provide a description of the mission, who ultimately approved it
and an estimate of how much it cost.
The flight by the VC-25, The VC-25, a military version of the 747, is used
as Air Force One when the president flies on it.a modified Boeing Co. 747,
and two F-16 fighter jets cost $328,835, Air Force spokeswoman Vicki Stein
said.
Three-Hour Mission That includes $300,658 for the larger plane, which
flew a three-hour mission, and about $28,178 for the F-16 jets, which flew
1.8 hours each, Stein said in an e-mailed statement.
The total includes fuel used in flight, fuel used to power ground equipment
used to prepare the aircraft, and ground maintenance, Stein said.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the flyover was “two training
missions that became in the end a picture mission” and only Air Force
personnel were aboard.
He wrote that the apology and acceptance of responsibility from Louis
Caldera, director of the White House Military Office, “rings hollow.”
Obama ignored questions from reporters about whether Caldera should keep his
job.
FALL GUY - Caldera took responsibility for authorizing a photo shoot
involving the specially equipped 747 aircraft and a fighter jet escort that
frightened Wall Street workers. The plane flew as low as 1,000 feet (305
meters).
In a statement , Caldera apologized for “any distress” it caused. While
federal officials “took the proper steps to notify state and local
authorities in New York and New Jersey, it’s clear that the mission created
confusion and disruption,” he said. Caldera, 53, a graduate of the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point and a lawyer, was secretary of the Army
during the Clinton administration and previously was a state legislator in
California.
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