Overview
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a reversal, and the Army lifted the suspensions of two Apache crews seen near Kid Rock’s Tennessee home.
- The Army opened an internal administrative review, a routine fact-finding check of safety and airspace rules, after a viral video showed AH‑64s hovering near the property and then pulled the aircrews from flight duties.
- Fort Campbell’s 101st Airborne said the helicopters were on a Nashville training route and that any pass over a downtown “No Kings” protest was coincidental.
- Officials said Kid Rock made no request for a flyby, while the clip’s partisan caption targeting California Gov. Gavin Newsom fueled questions about misuse of military resources.
- It is not yet public whether the review is closed or will yield discipline, and the episode has revived concerns about civil‑military boundaries and how visible military training can be read as a political display.