The White House late Friday released the infamous NYC flyover photo ... and released the top Barack Obama aide responsible for the fiasco.

The April 27 photo-op, which panicked New Yorkers, ended up costing taxpayers $328,835. It also cost Louis Caldera, the White House official who authorized the stunt, his job as head of the White House Military Office.

From The Associated Press:

As former Army Secretary Caldera took the fall for the flyover, the White House put out the findings of an internal investigation that portrayed him as out of the loop in a cycle of missed messages and questionable judgments as plans for the photo shoot proceeded.

Caldera said he didn't know Air Force One would fly at 1,000 feet during the April 27 photo promotion, according to the investigation findings. He also failed to read an e-mail message describing the operation and seemed unaware of the potential for public fear, the findings said.

Local officials had been notified in advance. But it was a shock to New Yorkers who looked up to see the Boeing 747 and its fighter jet escort flying near the Statue of Liberty and lower Manhattan's financial district, a terrifying reminder of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in which jets brought down the two towers of the World Trade Center.

Just another day in the most incompetent administration to ever occupy the White House.