Kid Rock Army Helicopter Video Sparks Questions About Taxpayer Funding

Kid Rock is facing some backlash after posting a video of an Army Apache helicopter flying low over his Nashville home, with critics questioning whether taxpayer-funded Army resources were used. The footage, shared by the 55-year-old artist on March 28 across social media, shows him saluting as the aircraft hovers near his property, standing beside […]
Hegseth Lifts Army Personnel Suspension Over Kid Rock Helicopter Incident

UPDATED 9:16 p.m. ET, March 31: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lifted the suspension that was announced earlier in the day. In an X post, Hegseth wrote: “Pilots [sic] suspension LIFTED. No punishment. No investigation. Carry on, patriots.” The U.S. Army has suspended the air crew involved in a viral helicopter incident near Kid Rock’s Tennessee […]
Army identifies 4 soldiers killed in military helicopter crash in Washington state

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The Army has released the names of four soldiers killed Wednesday when the military helicopter they were on crashed near a base in Washington state. The victims are chief warrant officers Andrew Cully and Andrew Kraus, and sergeants Donavon Scott and Jadalyn Good, the Army said Monday in a release. Cully, […]
4 Service Members Were Aboard US Army Helicopter that Crashed in Washington State

TACOMA, Wash. — Four service members were aboard a U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that crashed near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, the Army said in a release Thursday. The Army did not release their conditions. The helicopter was on a routine training mission when it crashed at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, an […]
Army Says 4 Soldiers Died in a Helicopter Crash in Washington State This Week

SEATTLE — Four special operations soldiers aboard a U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that crashed near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state are “believed to be dead,” the U.S. Army Special Operations Command said Friday. The helicopter was on a routine training mission west of the base when it crashed at about 9 p.m. […]
Helicopter crashes near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A helicopter crashed in Washington state near Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the U.S. Army said Thursday. There was no immediate word of how many people were aboard and their conditions. The helicopter crashed at about 9 p.m. Wednesday near the base, an Army official said in a statement. “This remains a developing […]
Army Identifies 101st Airborne Pilot Killed in Apache Helicopter Crash

The Army on Friday identified the soldier killed in an AH-64 Apache helicopter crash last week near the Kentucky-Tennessee border as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright, a pilot assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade. Wright, 40, was conducting a routine training mission alongside another pilot when their aircraft went down around 7 […]
One Soldier Dead, Another Injured in Fort Campbell Helicopter Training Crash

A soldier was killed and another injured during an aviation training mission Wednesday evening at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the service announced. The incident occurred at 7 p.m. local time, according to a statement from the 101st Airborne Division. Emergency responders confirmed one fatality at the scene. The second soldier was evacuated to Blanchfield Army Community […]
Pentagon Lost Contact with Army Helicopter on Flight That Caused Jets to Nix Landings at DC Airport

WASHINGTON — Military air traffic controllers lost contact with an Army helicopter for about 20 seconds as it neared the Pentagon on the flight that caused two commercial jets to abort their landings this month at a Washington airport, the Army told The Associated Press on Friday. The aborted landings on May 1 added to […]
National Guard Helicopter Crew Landed on Montana Ranch and Trespassed to Take Antlers, Citations Say

BILLINGS, Mont. — Three Montana Army National Guard members face trespassing charges after authorities said they landed a Black Hawk helicopter in a mountain pasture on a private ranch to take several elk antlers before flying away. A witness saw the May 4 landing and the person who owns the property reported it to officials, […]