Kid Rock Takes Joy Ride in Army Helicopter, Addresses the Pentagon

By Joseph Hudak

Joseph Hudak

Just a month after receiving a fly-by of his Nashville-area home by a pair of U.S. Army attack helicopters, Kid Rock took to the skies for a joyride of his own in an Apache gunship on Monday.

Rock got to the choppa during a visit to Virginia’s Fort Belvoir, where he was joined by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The former Fox News host called Rock “a patriot and huge supporter of our troops” in a social media post that showed him and the rapper-singer posing in front of a helicopter. Rock’s flight on the AH-64, which according to the Military Air Tracking Alliance, lasted about 10 minutes, was filmed for use on Rock’s upcoming “Freedom 250” concert tour. During past Kid Rock tours, he used a pre-taped message from President Trump to open his shows.

“Robert ‘Kid Rock’ Ritchie participated in multiple troop touches with service members and filmed videos for Memorial Day, America’s 250th birthday, and for his Freedom 250 tour,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement to NPR.

Rock’s Freedom 250 Tour kicks off Friday in Dallas, Texas. On Saturday, he’ll perform on the coinciding Rock the Country festival tour, which features Jason Aldean and other artists and begins in Bellville, Texas. The tour has been hit with its share of bad press, from artists like Shinedown and Carter Faith dropping off, to canceled dates.

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