Air Force One photo op incident Air Force One photo op incident The "Air Force One" photo op incident occurred on the morning of April 27, 2009, when a Boeing VC-25 (a Boeing 747 military variant used as "Air Force One" when the president is aboard), followed by a U.S. Air Force F-16 jet fighter, flew low and circled the Upper New York Bay, site of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. President Barack Obama was not on board the aircraft during the incident. Although the planes were engaged in a photo op and training exercise, the citizens of New York and New Jersey had not
Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration appointed as the State Department's "first ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities" and was sworn in on September 15, 2009. She describes her responsibilities as including actively listening and responding to "the concerns of Muslims in Europe, Africa, and Asia." In 2012 Obama promised more flexibility on missile defense after his reelection, this flexibility was demonstrated the next year when Kerry offered to reduce American defenses against Chinese missiles. Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration The foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration was the foreign policy of the United States from 2009 to 2017 while Barack Obama was