[Fred Nerks]

from the Wall Street Journal article linked at THE OBAMA FILE LATEST NEWS ENTRY FROM 5/10/09:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124093288256863979.html

The 747-200B aircraft, one of two used as Air Force One, was accompanied by two F-16 fighters from the D.C. Air National Guard, which operates out of Andrews.

“We’ve never been asked to do this before,” said Capt. Byron Coward, a spokesman for the guard unit.

While the F-16s were flown by guard pilots, the photographs were taken by Master Sgt. Andrew N. Dunaway, a specially trained Air Force photographer based with a combat camera squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.

Only one of the F-16s was involved in the photo shoot; the other peeled off once the 747 reached New York, but both accompanied the plane back to Andrews

[Electric Graffiti]

"Only one of the F-16s was involved in the photo shoot; the other peeled off once the 747 reached New York, but both accompanied the plane back to Andrews"

The video backs this up(or shows only one plane while AF1 was buzzing around the city), however I don't believe this was a photo shoot at all by the release of that horrid picture of AF1 over the statue of liberty.