The Army pilots who hovered two helicopters near Kid Rock’s Tennessee home during a training run while he clapped and saluted have had their suspension lifted, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday.
“No punishment. No Investigation. Carry on, patriots,” Hegseth said in a social media post.
Earlier, a U.S. Army spokesperson said the crews of the two AH-64 Apache helicopters from the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade at Fort Campbell were suspended from flying, pending an investigation into their actions. The suspension was a discretionary — but not unusual — step when an investigation is underway, Maj. Montrell Russell said in statement.
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Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz · 74 pts · 160d
Criminals all the way down.
lemmyng@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 160d
"No punishment. No Investigation. Carry on, patriots" is what we'll say when Trump, Kegseth and the people who enabled them are mysteriously assassinated.
StraponStratos@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 159d
The only people who have tried to assassinate any of them have been MAGA.
etherphon@piefed.world · 33 pts · 160d
neclimdul@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 160d
I'm sure undermining your officers like this is great for morale and discipline of the troops under them. Great job Dumb McNamara.
PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 159d
Great use of taxpayer money. No waste, fraud, or abuse to see here.
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Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 160d
These guys must be sucking each others dicks with the greatest of expertise.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 159d
Quantity has a quality of its own
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 159d
They are no more than 40 percent.
Madison420@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 159d
Helo pilots aren't comfortable without working a stick in each hand.
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 7 pts · 160d
Could someone explain to me what’s the shit all about the two pilots overing above kid rock ? Why was it an offense ?
SARGE@startrek.website · 51 pts · 160d
PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 159d
Do you know what their orders were? Are you sure they weren't in their designated zone? Or are you just mad because it was Kid Rock?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 34 pts · 160d
Because I'm fucking paying for it?
Town@lemmy.zip · -6 pts · 159d
How much could it have cost?
lost_faith@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 159d
"It's a banana Michael, how much could it cost? $10?"
dizzle18@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 160d
Would you like to know how much it costs per minute to operate an Apache helicopter? Here’s a hint; it’s a lot. Now where the fuck do you think that money comes from?
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · -2 pts · 159d
I was in the impression that it was order
stoly@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 159d
You're repeating yourself.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 159d
Can you explain why it is acceptable for some random chucklefucks to take a 50 million dollar piece of equipment out for a joyride to give a tik tok opportunity to Kid Fucking Rock?
Or in this day and age why we want to normalize military aircraft flying wherever they want over US cities?
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · -1 pts · 159d
I was in the impression that it was order by someone.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 159d
I'm sure the investigation will clear that right up
stoly@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 159d
No, you were under the impression that you could sow doubt where none is due.
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · -1 pts · 159d
No. Fuck Kid Rock and Hegset. I really didn’t understand how two Apache could fly by Kid Rock’s house without being authorized by someone. There’s radar cover everywhere, how could the civil and military could not call them back is beyond stupid and incompetent.
Anyway
PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 159d
Do you think that enlisted personnel that are in charge of expensive equipment are micromanaged to that level? Aircraft are given a zone they should be operating in and I doubt they went "awol." The only reason this incident matters is because they flew next to a person with somewhat popular social media. Hell a friend of mine did basically the same thing when he was doing some O-rides back in the day. Though he was in a V-22 osprey instead of an Apache.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 159d
No, the only reason that it matters is that the federal government and military are letting Trump and his friends have whatever fun they want at our expense.
Why do you think the drunkard had to cancel any investigations and let them off?
foggy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 160d
That'll teach em
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 160d