Sitting in front of a touchscreen console, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth touched a digital control and watched a UH-60 Black Hawk obey his command. The chopper responded with a live cockpit feed, climbing and banking, while two Army pilots sat inside only as a precaution for safety.
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Hegseth had just flown one of America’s most iconic aircraft without ever stepping near the rotor wash, in a video that looked like it was taken from a Bond movie, but it wasn’t fiction, just a public demonstration of how war is changing in real time.
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