The director of the White House military office has resigned over his role in Air Force One's £215,000 photo-opportunity flyover above New York City that sparked panic and flashbacks to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
The sight of the huge jet and an F-16 fighter plane flying past the Statue of Liberty and the skyscrapers in lower Manhattan's financial district sent panicked office workers streaming into the streets on April 27.
President Barack Obama last month declared the flyover a "mistake" and said that it would not be repeated.
