I hope it was a frickin’ amazing photo:

“The White House plans an inquiry into a low-flying photo shoot by a presidential plane that panicked New Yorkers and cost taxpayers $328,835. President Barack Obama said Tuesday it won’t happen again.

But the origins of the government public relations stunt that went awry remained an engrossing mystery – and a potential political problem for Obama. The White House military office approved the photo-op, which cost $35,000 in fuel alone for the plane and two jet fighter escorts.

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The sight of the huge passenger jet and an F-16 fighter plane whizzing past the Statue of Liberty and the lower Manhattan financial district sent panicked office workers streaming into the streets.

“It was a mistake, as was stated … and it will not happen again,” Obama said.

White House officials did not say why new photos were needed of the plane that is sometimes used as Air Force One – Obama was not aboard the flight – or who the presumed audience of the planned photographs were.”

[source: military.com]

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