In Case Anyone Forgot About This
In response to numerous Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from members of the media, the U.S. Department of Defense last Friday released dozens of additional photographs from April’s ill-conceived promotional flight of Air Force One over New York City.
The flight – which evoked painful memories of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks – rattled New Yorkers and resulted in the dismissal of a top military advisor to President Barack Obama.
Also released Friday? Dozens of emails related to the flight, including this one from Air Force General Brian P. Meenan:
NYC populace can be sensitive to airplanes that appear lower than normal or tracks not normally seen over the NYC area.
Um, ya think?!?!? Yeah … should have listened to that guy.
The flight cost taxpayers over $350,000. Here’s a compilation of the images in case you’re interested … frankly, we want our money back.
Comments
By follydude on August 3rd, 2009 at 8:35 am
sorry, ‘fraidycats, those are some cool images – and that’s a nice track being laid down in the background.
the DCANG must’ve been stoked.
By dirtbogger on August 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 am
September 11th was an inside job! Watch Loose change google A&E for 911 truth. It is impossible for buildings to fall straight down at the rate of gravity through the path of greatist resistance. Newtons first law of motion is an object at rest will remain at rest until acted on by an external force, the pancake theroy is balonie. All I saw were buildings turning to dust as they came down and what few chunks that blew out fell at the same rate as the roof. Their is plenty of vidieo’s on You Tube for anyone willing and brave enough to learn the truth!
By dirtbogger on August 3rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Proof!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWXXb0aYS8I
this building in China was a torch and did not colapse!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eINSQ3YQ65I
And this building was not hit by a plane on 9-11 but it collapsed later that day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5akpnIFK-RM
By A_Network_Administrator on August 3rd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Won’t someone please think of the children?
By Just another Joe on August 3rd, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Why are you so worry and uptight about $350,000. Get over it. Somebody screwed up. A few heads rolled and it will not happen again. Something equally stupid will happen down the road, but it won’t be an overflight of NYC. All the pilots and crews got additional flight time, that somehow they would have received anyhow. That 350K means squat in the scemes of thing here in the USA.
What I want is to have my employee health insurance mean something except for 10 cents on a dollar entered on the bottom line of a doctor’s invoice. Woopie do.
By Harry on August 3rd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
The Obama Administration has still NOT released the passanger list. It has released the crew manifest.
I understand that there were 15 or 16 high dollar donors.
This is a crime. And Obama is responsible.
Can you imagine if Bush had done this???
By madcock on August 3rd, 2009 at 9:43 pm
That $350,000 would pay for .0006 percent of one of those F-22’s the Pentagon doesn’t want cause they don’t work and kill pilots, but FITS thinks is cool and is mad at the Obama administration and that commie Jim DeMint for trying to eliminate building six more to add to the 180 they already have.
Great reporting.