Kid Rock reveals it's 'not the first time' Army helicopters have buzzed his home

Conservative singer Kid Rock defended the pilots of two Army attack helicopters after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ended an investigation into their flyover of his Nashville home.

"Man, I was sitting right there just having like, kind of Saturday morning beer, and I seen a chopper start coming," the singer told News 2 this week. "I was like, man, looks like military. It's not the first time they've flown over my house."

"They're out of Fort Campbell, which I was there last Thanksgiving with JD Vance, and I've talked to some of these pilots. And I've told him, I'm like, you guys see me waving when you come by the house?" he continued. "I'm like, you guys are always welcome to cruise by my house, like any time."

"So I walked over here, and I'm like, yeah, hell yeah. And then they circled back around and came out right over here. And I just, you know, gave him a salute."

Rock said he felt "a level of respect that I got that no award or record sales could ever do."

"And, you know, at the end of the day, if it makes their day a little brighter, you know, for their service to our country protecting us, I think that's a great thing," he said. "So, you know, at the end of the day, I thought it was harmless."

The News 2 reporter noted that the pilots had been under investigation before Hegseth announced they were off the hook.

"I think they're gonna be all right," Rock insisted. "My buddy's Commander-in-Chief. I mean, what are they looking into? They stopped for, I don't know, seconds, a minute. You know, maybe they were here three, four minutes, you know, say what's up, went on, and I've told them before up before Campbell."

The singer argued that anyone who disagreed with the Army using resources for photo ops at his home had Trump Derangement Syndrome.

"They got TDS syndrome, which is no new news here," he remarked. "It's like, you know, we know the half of the country that's going to love it and say that's really cool, that's great for the military."

"And I think a lot of these guys and girls know that I've done a lot for them because I appreciate what they do for us."