Kid Rock, Pete Hegseth fly Army Apache attack helicopters
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The singer-rapper and the current administration, never ones to stop short, extended the life of Rock's recent helicopter controversy with a photo op on Monday
The Army unveiled the Cheyenne II name at its annual aviation conference, reviving a designation from a scrapped 1960s attack helicopter program.
Army Aviation Warfighting Summit, the U.S. Army officially named its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft the MV-75 Cheyenne II. Yes, the Army has decided that it ran out of Native American tribes to name its aircraft after and circled back to a canceled attack helicopter from the 1960s.
The Army selected the MV-75 to be its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft in 2022, announcing earlier this year that it planned to field prototypes to units for testing by the end of the year.
The military has increased the number of secret fixed-wing attack aircraft and armed MQ-9 Reaper drones, according to two people familiar with the matter.