在军队展开正式调查并暂停参与两架阿帕奇攻击直升机的飞行员的职务后,国防部长皮特·海格塞斯说,暂停职务已经解除。
海格塞斯感谢基德洛克,分享了一段飞越的视频,并说:“飞行员停职解除了。没有惩罚。没有调查。爱国者们,继续前进。”
此前,陆军发言人蒙特雷尔·拉塞尔少校(Maj. Montrell Russell)周二早些时候表示,这四名机组人员已被暂停飞行任务,“同时陆军将审查围绕此次任务的情况,包括是否符合美国联邦航空局的相关规定、航空安全协议和批准要求。”
每架直升机都有一名飞行员和一名副驾驶/炮手。
周六,基德·洛克在他的社交媒体上发布了两段视频,视频中他指着两架低空盘旋在他游泳池附近的直升机,并向它们致敬。
这两架直升机都是101空降师的一部分,基地位于肯塔基州的坎贝尔堡,在纳什维尔以北大约60英里,该师发言人黄邦贤·布莱斯少校周一说。
这两架直升机也被发现周六飞过纳什维尔的无国王抗议活动,但101师的一份声明称,这两架直升机正在纳什维尔附近执行训练任务,时间是巧合。
这位摇滚明星和保守派活动家已成为特朗普最引人注目的名人盟友之一,经常出现在特朗普的竞选活动中。
周一,当纳什维尔ABC电视台记者问及此事时,基德·洛克回应道:“我想一切都会好的,我的朋友是总指挥。”
“我是说,他们在调查什么?他们停下来,我不知道,几秒钟,一分钟,你知道,也许他们在这里三,四分钟,你知道,只是说,“怎么了?”然后继续。"
Kid Rock说,他在感恩节与副总统JD Vance访问坎贝尔堡时见过该部队的成员,并说直升机经常在飞往纳什维尔日产体育场观看足球比赛的途中经过。
“如果我在这里,我通常会指出这一点,走出来,就像,你知道,给他们一个什么事,”他说。“所以这真的不是什么新鲜事,但也很酷。他们就停在那里。有点,我没有,我没有预料到这些,但我觉得这真的很棒。”
周一,军方宣布正在对该事件进行行政审查,主要是对事实进行初步调查,以决定是否应该展开正式调查。
Bless在一份声明中说:“陆军飞行员必须坚持严格的安全标准、职业精神和既定的飞行规则。”“正在进行一项行政审查,以评估这次任务,并核实是否符合规定和空域要求。如果发现任何违规行为,将采取适当行动。”
Hegseth says pilots who did flyby outside Kid Rock's home are no longer suspended
After the Army launched a formal investigation and suspended the pilots involved in theflyby of two Apache attack helicoptersnear Kid Rock's Nashville, Tennessee, home over the weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the suspension was lifted.
Hegseth thanked Kid Rock, sharing a video of the flyby and said, "Pilots suspension LIFTED. No punishment. No investigation. Carry on, patriots."
The reversal comes after Army spokesman Maj. Montrell Russell said earlier Tuesday that the four crewmembers had been suspended from flight duties "while the Army reviews the circumstances surrounding the mission, including compliance with relevant FAA regulations, aviation safety protocol, and approval requirements."
Each helicopter seats a pilot and a copilot/gunner.
On Saturday, Kid Rock posted on his social media two videos of him pointing to and saluting two helicopters flying low and hovering adjacent to his swimming pool.
Both helicopters are part of the 101st Airborne Division, based out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, roughly 60 miles north of Nashville, Maj. Jonathon Bless, a division spokesperson, said Monday.
The two helicopters had also been spotted flying over the No Kings protest in Nashville on Saturday, but a statement from the 101st said the helicopters were on a training mission near Nashville and the timing was coincidental.
The rock star and conservative activist has emerged as one of Trump's most visible celebrity allies, regularly appearing at Trump campaign events.
Asked Monday about the incident by Nashville ABC affiliateWKRN, Kid Rock responded, "I think it will be alright -- my buddy's the commander in chief."
"I mean, what are they looking into? They stopped for, I don't know, seconds, a minute, you know, maybe they were here three, four minutes, you know, just say, 'What's up?' and went on."
Kid Rock said he had met members of the unit when he visited Fort Campbell with Vice President JD Vance at Thanksgiving and said that helicopters often pass over on their way to fly over Nissan Stadium in Nashville for football games.
"And if I'm here, I usually make it point, come out and, like, you know, give them a what's up," he said. "So it's really not that new, but it was pretty cool. They stopped right there. And kind of, I wasn't, I wasn't expecting any of that, but I thought it was really neat."
On Monday, the Army announced that it was undertaking an administrative review of the incident, essentially a first look at the facts that would determine whether a formal investigation should be launched.
"Army aviators must adhere to strict safety standards, professionalism, and established flight regulations," Bless said in a statement. "An administrative review is underway to assess the mission and verify compliance with regulations and airspace requirements. Appropriate action will be taken if any violations are found."





