Fly-By Night Operation

The person reponsible for this? Gone. Fired. Shitcanned. Immediately. As in "No kidding, here's your cardboard box, fill it and get the hell out."

An Air Force One lookalike, the backup plane for the one regularly used by the president, flew low over parts of New York and New Jersey on Monday morning, accompanied by two F-16 fighters, so Air Force photographers could take pictures high above the New York harbor.

But the exercise — conducted without any notification to the public — caused momentary panic in some quarters and led to the evacuation of several buildings in Lower Manhattan and Jersey City. By the afternoon, the situation had turned into a political fuse box, with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg saying that he was “furious” that he had not been told in advance about the flyover.

And we learn that person is Louis Caldera out of the White House Military Office. All I have to say is "Bye."

The mission on Monday, officials said, was set up to create an iconic shot of Air Force One, similar to one that was taken in recent years over the Grand Canyon.

When President Obama learned of the episode on Monday afternoon, aides said, he, too, was furious. Senior administration officials conveyed the president’s anger in a meeting with Mr. Caldera on Monday afternoon.

Moron. A low flying Air Force One lookalike chased by jets over Manhattan as a press-op with no warning to the Mayor or city of New York? What the hell were you thinking, man?

Obama absolutely must kick this stupid jackass to the curb.