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Kid Rock flies in Army Apache helicopter with Defense Secretary
Kid Rock and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth flew together in US Army Apache helicopters at a Virginia base on Monday. The flights came less than a month after Army pilots drew scrutiny for flying near Kid Rock's house. Hegseth said he and Kid Rock went "for a ride" with Apache pilots at the base. The visit highlights concerns about access to military aircraft and oversight of pilot conduct after the earlier incident.
Robert James Ritchie aka Kid Rock is 55 years old. His career peaked in 1998 – that was 28 years ago. The average age of enlisted service members is 27.
Chad Loder213None of these service members knows who the fuck Kid Rock is, or was. The equivalent in 1998 would be like bringing in Norman Greenbaum to address the troops
Fullback Body4Tommy Lee whooping his ass at the VMAs should've been the end and yet
rava3Is that hegseth’s only friend
SquidTips - Aj/Alex/He🏍 🦑🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈2I love excuses to post this Willie D quote about Kid Rock
"Fresh out of one scandal involving an AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship, Kid Rock has allegedly been treated to a personal joyride from the 'secretary of war' himself."
AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲22The CPFH (Cost Per Flight Hour) for an Apache ~$5k. That's about 5 months of SNAP benefits for a hungry family - per hour of joy riding for the lulz.
Peregrinamom (La Jefa now)9How much did it cost us? Sheesh!
dot1031.bsky.social6“It’s not clear whether the alleged ‘incentive flight’ on two AH-64 Apache gunships were funded by American taxpayers” Well who else would pay for it?
tootall4.bsky.social4Hmmmm wouldn’t DOGE have something to say about waste, fraud and abuse?
philrv.bsky.social3"incentive" for what? And why do we have to rely on a UK media source to tell us about this? Not a beef with The Independent by any means...
jayjohns69.bsky.social2It's a disgrace for someone who has never served or even planned to serve to get that free ride Some freshman in High School might have been inspired to enlist with a free chopper ride
