Kid Rock Was A Guest On A Us Military Helicopter ‘joyride’ With Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth, Report Claims

Fresh retired of one ungraded involving an AH-64 Apache chopper gunship, Kid Rock has allegedly been treated to a individual joyride from nan 'secretary of war' himself.

The pro-Trump stone prima sewage to alert successful nan gunner's spot of 1 of America's deadliest subject machines on pinch Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth connected Monday morning, according to investigative newsman Ryan Grim of Drop Site News.

The 2 men each rode abstracted choppers, Grim reported, flying from Fort Belvoir connected nan outskirts of Washington D.C. It's not yet clear who paid for nan travel — aliases whether American taxpayers footed nan bill.

It comes aft Hegseth personally intervened to assistance nan suspensions of a group of chopper pilots who were pulled from work aft hovering beside nan MAGA musician’s Nashville-area home successful an evident tribute connected March 28.

The White House, nan Department of Defense, and Kid Rock's supplier did not instantly respond to questions fromThe Independent about who paid for Monday's formation aliases why it happened.

California’s outspoken Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom was unimpressed, saying: “Why are taxpayers paying to alert Kid Rock astir connected $100 cardinal helicopters?”

The AH-64 Apache is nan U.S. military's main onslaught helicopter, typically equipped pinch a powerful 30mm nose-mounted auto-cannon and anti-tank missiles. Each 1 costs an estimated tens of millions of dollars to build, and reportedly costs upwards of $5,000 per hour to operate.

In an Instagram video posted by Kid Rock's head Cory Gierman earlier this month, Rock — existent sanction Robert James Ritchie — called nan March flyby a "helicopter performance" fixed to him arsenic a "gift" and a "tribute".

"I stood by nan swimming excavation to return nan gesture, and I filmed it and I posted it online because I wanted to show those hypocrites that this is what America should look like," claimed nan longtime Trump supporter.

Afterwards, Hegseth announced: "Suspension LIFTED. No punishment. No investigation. Carry on, patriots. 🇺🇸"

Drop Site News referred to Monday's reported jaunt arsenic an "incentive flight", and Grim said that Kid Rock had flown to Fort Belvoir connected his backstage jet.

Grim added that Apache gunships are not typically stationed astatine Fort Belvoir, truthful it's unclear wherever they primitively were based.