{"id":368225,"date":"2026-03-31T21:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/368225\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:23:08","slug":"u-s-army-suspends-crew-that-flew-helicopters-near-kid-rocks-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/368225\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Army Suspends Crew that Flew Helicopters Near Kid Rock\u2019s Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The singer shared a video of himself saluting one of the aircrafts on Saturday, which the Army identified as AH-64 Apache helicopters<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/army\/\" id=\"auto-tag_army\" data-tag=\"army\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Army<\/a> has suspended the crew who\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kid-rock-army-helicopter-flyby-1235538903\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">flew military helicopters<\/a>\u00a0near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kid-rock\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kid-rock\" data-tag=\"kid-rock\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kid Rock<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/nashville\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nashville\" data-tag=\"nashville\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville<\/a> home over the weekend, a U.S. official\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/military\/army-suspends-aircrew-flying-helicopters-kid-rocks-home-rcna265999\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told NBC News<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOn Saturday, Kid Rock shared a video of himself clapping for the two AH64 Apache helicopters as they circled his home, an area he\u2019s dubbed \u201cThe Southern White House,\u201d a replica of the White House. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThis is a level of respect that shit for brains Governor of California will never know,\u201d Rock captioned the video, in a slam on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/jimmy-kimmel-gavin-newsom-donald-trump-fifa-peace-prize-1235524723\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gavin Newsom<\/a>. \u201cGod Bless America and all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend her.\u201d At press time, the video has been viewed 10 million times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe U.S. Army identified the aircraft as AH-64 Apache helicopters, which were flying in the Nashville area; a military spokesperson said on Monday that  the incident was being reviewed and any \u201cappropriate action will be taken if any violations are found.\u201d They added that the aircraft had come from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, prior to their flying around the Nashville area to do an apparent fly-by over Kid Rock\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tPer a statement from the Army on Monday, \u201cArmy aviators must adhere to strict safety standards, professionalism, and established flight regulations. An administrative review is underway to assess the mission and verify compliance with regulations and airspace requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhen asked about the incident in an interview, Rock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kid-rock-talks-helicopter-flyover-nashville-interview-1235539457\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">boasted about his close friendship<\/a> with President Donald Trump. \u201cI think [the pilots are] going to be all right \u2014\u00a0my buddy is the Commander-in-Chief,\u201d Rock told Nashville news station\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrn.com\/news\/local-news\/nashville\/kid-rock-helicopter\/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQ4scpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe0unlHV8yqmy2MgaMovJYnJ53KTk1mMrwVYz4TpAhPPU8QJ0jP0JzKv7pIG0_aem_6QMOhMVqvQQJydUuzAA9Lw\">WKRN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDespite the timing of the fly-bys on Saturday \u2014 which per flight-tracking data online, at least one of the helicopters circled Rock\u2019s estate four times over a three-minute span \u2014 a spokesman for the 101st Airborne Division in Fort Campbell denied the fly-overs being connected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/no-kings-protests-iran-backlash-1235538382\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No Kings protests<\/a> that took place over the weekend. The event drew<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/politics\/live\/no-kings-protests-recap-more-than-8-million-turned-out-across-all-50-states-organizers-say-135920433.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANrEpjyp4ol-lAIHJB2bljTY_gIkY0_fVumdzeulICAiscBSZKhXZlBmEu5yot5gx7tNeakeZokF1XBN3YChR1wZdx1TwlO23mWusurHH6415OReZ7hzo0610fabP7ooyaj7RxtCArQfdHqnChtRQ_y2TS63aOEe4fH7Z_0lQG9G\"> millions<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bruce-springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis-no-kings-rally-1235538563\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Springsteen, who performed<\/a> at the St. Paul rally. The Nashville helicopter flights around Kid Rock\u2019s home were \u201centirely coincidental,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The singer shared a video of himself saluting one of the aircrafts on Saturday, which the Army identified&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[4754,458,146,85,46,50310,4253],"class_list":{"0":"post-368225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-army","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-kid-rock","14":"tag-nashville"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}