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LowObservable
May 05, 2025, 21:46:00 GMT
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That was what the Army told the WaPo on Saturday:

However, after the Kentucky Derby (decadent and depraved) result, SecArmy tweeted:

Sovereignty > Journalism.
On the track. And in 2025 America.

If there was a VIP onboard, it would be a problem for the Administration.

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LowObservable
May 06, 2025, 15:28:00 GMT
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Originally Posted by LowObservable

That was what the Army told the WaPo on Saturday:

Now Duffy was on FOX last night, asking to know which VIP was on the helicopter. So apparently not entirely buying the Pentagon version.

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LowObservable
May 06, 2025, 16:18:00 GMT
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Originally Posted by WillowRun 6-3

I don't know but I wonder, are there some VIPs who do not also meet the criteria for status as a "senior leader"?

Given the reduction in flight numbers since the accident, I should think you have to be Very Important to think of snagging a helo.

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LowObservable
May 24, 2025, 15:13:00 GMT
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Apols for the crude graphic. But this shows the relative location of Route 5 (along I-395), the Pentagon, the DCA tower, and the Pentagon city cluster of high-rises including the new Amazon HQ2. At the altitude the helo was flying, it would be largely masked from the tower. explaining why they "didn't have a good fix".

It would also be good to know who was on board that helicopter and why it was Pete Hairgelseth.

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LowObservable
January 29, 2026, 00:17:00 GMT
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Originally Posted by WillowRun 6-3

From FAA website (verbatim):

Discontinued take offs from the Pentagon until the FAA and Department of War updated procedures and fixed technical issues at the Pentagon Heliport
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This includes Route 5 along I-395, where helos were routinely flown at altitudes that masked them from the DCA tower and regularly flew outside the authorized route, on the east side of the Pentagon reservation, under the RWR 15 approach. Those ops were flown multiple times per day.

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