{"id":48524,"date":"2026-04-01T02:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/hegseth-lifts-suspension-of-apache-flight-crew-that-hovered-near-kid-rocks-nashville-home\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T02:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:01:38","slug":"hegseth-lifts-suspension-of-apache-flight-crew-that-hovered-near-kid-rocks-nashville-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/hegseth-lifts-suspension-of-apache-flight-crew-that-hovered-near-kid-rocks-nashville-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth lifts suspension of Apache flight crew that hovered near Kid Rock&#8217;s Nashville home"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69cc6a86c02a678bd7e46c76?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A line of Apache attack helicopters\"\/><figcaption>Two military helicopters did a flyby near Kid Rock&#039;s home in Nashville over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Schiefelbein\/AP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Kid Rock posted a video of an Apache helicopter flying near his Nashville home.<\/li>\n<li>Army officials opened a probe before Sec. Pete Hegseth said there would be no investigation.<\/li>\n<li>President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the crew &quot;probably shouldn&#039;t have been doing it.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that the suspension of the flight crew members who hoveredApache helicoptersnear Kid Rock&#039;s Nashville home over the weekend had been lifted.<\/p>\n<p>Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, is a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump. He posted a video on Saturday of an attack helicopter hovering near the poolside of his home in Nashville, while adding insults to the governor of California in his caption.<\/p>\n<p>An Army spokesperson told Business Insider on Mondaythat the flyby maneuver would undergo an &quot;administrative review&quot; and that &quot;appropriate action will be taken if any violations are found.&#039;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Army officials said the flight crew members involved in the matter were suspended while the investigation was conducted, an Army spokesperson told multiple outlets.<\/p>\n<p>At 6:34 p.m. Eastern time, Hegseth wrote on X that there would be no probe and that the suspension was reversed.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Thank you @KidRock. @USArmy pilots suspension LIFTED. No punishment. No investigation,&quot; Hegseth wrote. &quot;Carry on, patriots.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A Pentagon spokesperson declined to provide further comment beyond Hegseth&#039;s post. An Army spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The AH-64 Apache is an attack helicopter equipped with Hellfire missiles, rockets, and a 30 mm chain gun. It is primarily used for anti-armor missions.<\/p>\n<p>There&#039;s no law that explicitly bars flying an attack helicopter near private residences. Training missions can include low-altitude flight in civilian airspace. The military&#039;s aviation rulebook states that the aircraft are utilized for &quot;authorized purposes only.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Army spokesperson Maj. Jonathon Bless told the Associated Press that the helicopters were on a training mission when they hovered near Kid Rock&#039;s home.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the incident during a press conference in the Oval Office, Trump said the crew members &quot;probably shouldn&#039;t have been doing it.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;You&#039;re not supposed to be playing games, right? But I&#039;d take a look at it. They like Kid Rock. I like Kid Rock. Maybe they were trying to defend him, I don&#039;t know,&quot; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Kid Rock did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two military helicopters did a flyby near Kid Rock&#039;s home in Nashville over the weekend. Mark Schiefelbein\/AP Kid Rock posted a video of an Apache helicopter flying near his Nashville home. Army officials opened a probe before Sec. Pete Hegseth said there would be no investigation. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the crew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}