2026年7月10日 / 美国东部时间上午10:22 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
五角大楼周五表示，南卡罗来纳州陆军国民警卫队的8名阿帕奇直升机飞行员此前因在海滩上空低空飞行被临时停飞等待调查，目前处分已被撤销。
视频显示，这些直升机在7月4日“海岸致敬”空中彩排期间低空飞过南卡罗来纳州一处海滩，画面中可以看到海滩游客向直升机挥手并拍摄。
目前尚不清楚飞行员被停飞的具体原因。南卡罗来纳州共和党众议员拉塞尔·弗莱周四在X平台上表示，飞行员们是因“无理投诉”被停飞，但未提供更多细节。南卡罗来纳州陆军国民警卫队表示，无法就具体指控置评，“包括关于飞行高度或联邦航空管理局条例的相关问题”。
南卡罗来纳州陆军国民警卫队周四在X平台上表示，此次停飞是“常规、非惩罚性的安全措施”，“并非纪律处分”。该警卫队称，涉事士兵“目前状态良好”，仍在承担非飞行任务。
飞行员停飞决定迅速引发了网络 backlash。弗莱在X平台分享的信件显示，他已致信南卡罗来纳州陆军国民警卫队负责人罗宾·B·斯蒂尔韦尔少将，表示他认为此次停飞是“不明智的”，也是“资源滥用”。南卡罗来纳州共和党州议员蒂姆·麦金尼斯称此次停飞“荒唐”，并表示他已联系南卡罗来纳州陆军国民警卫队和州长办公室。
周四深夜，国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯在X平台上表示，官员们将“纠正这一错误”。
周五上午，赫格塞斯的助手肖恩·帕内尔在X平台上宣布：“即日起，所有涉事南卡罗来纳州飞行员的停飞处分均已撤销。”
南卡罗来纳州陆军国民警卫队尚未就撤销停飞处分一事公开置评。
类似事件曾在今年3月发生过，当时2架AH-64陆军直升机在训练任务中低空飞过歌手基德·洛克位于纳什维尔的住宅。美军最初将飞行员停飞等待调查，次日赫格塞斯便宣布撤销停飞处分，不会开展调查或实施处罚。
https://www.live5news.com/video/2026/07/09/8-apache-helicopter-pilots-suspended-after-salute-shore-flyover/
Apache pilots’ suspensions lifted after low flyby over South Carolina beach, Pentagon says
July 10, 2026 / 10:22 AM EDT / CBS News
The suspensions of eight Apache helicopter pilots in the South Carolina Army National Guard who flew at a low altitude over a beach have been lifted, the Pentagon said Friday, after they were temporarily suspended pending review.
Video showed the helicopters flying low over a South Carolina beach as part of a July 4th “Salute from the Shore” flyover. The video shows beachgoers waving at and filming the helicopters.
It’s not clear what led to the pilots’ suspension. Congressman Russell Fry, a Republican from South Carolina, said on X on Thursday that the pilots had been suspended because of a “frivolous complaint,” but did not offer any further details. The South Carolina Army National Guard said that it could not comment on specific allegations, “including questions regarding flight altitude or Federal Aviation Administration Regulations.”
The South Carolina Army National Guard said on X on Thursday that the suspension was a “routine, non-punitive safety measure” and “not a disciplinary action.” The soldiers “remain in good standing” and were still conducting non-flight duties, the national guard said.
The decision to suspend the pilots quickly led to backlash online. Fry wrote to Major General Robin B. Stillwell, the head of the South Carolina Army National Guard, to say that he believed the suspension was “misguided” and a “misuse of resources,” according to a letter he shared on X. State Representative Tim McGinnis, a Republican from South Carolina, called the suspension “ridiculous” and said he had reached out to the South Carolina Army National Guard and the governor’s office.
Late Thursday night, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wrote on X that officials would “fix this.”
On Friday morning, Sean Parnell, the assistant to Hegseth, said on X that “effective immediately, the suspension of all involved South Carolina pilots has been lifted.”
The South Carolina Army National Guard has not publicly commented about the lifting of the suspension.
A similar series of events occurred in March, when two AH-64 Army helicopters made a flyby to the Nashville home of singer Kid Rock during a training mission. The Army initially suspended the pilots pending investigation. The next day, Hegseth said the pilots’ suspension had been lifted and that there would be no investigation or punishment.
https://www.live5news.com/video/2026/07/09/8-apache-helicopter-pilots-suspended-after-salute-shore-flyover/
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