Scare Force One incident takes out Caldera

Flyover fallout: Ciao, Caldera

President Obama today accepted the resignation of Louis Caldera as director of the White House Military Office. Caldera, you’ll recall, green-lighted the Air Force One photo-op around the Statue of Liberty (above — it loses a lot in the reduction) that created a major embarrassment for the administration. The stunt cost $300,000 and caused panic in the streets of New York City, where low-flying planes don’t always mean skywriting.