Kid Rock flies a 20-minute loop from Detroit, a week after filming his tour opener with Pete Hegseth.

Kid Rock (Robert Ritchie) flew a 20-minute loop out of his home base at Oakland County International Airport (KPTK) on June 5, climbing to just over 2,400 feet before returning to the same runway. The brief hop in his Bombardier Challenger 600 (N71KR) stayed entirely local — a sky-high driveway turn, effectively.

The same week, Kid Rock’s Freedom 250 tour is in full swing after launching in Dallas on May 1. As reported by Taste of Country and Billboard, portions of that tour’s show-opening video were filmed during a widely publicized April 27 Apache helicopter ride alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Fort Belvoir, after Rock’s jet flew from Nashville to the base that morning. The Pentagon, per spokesman Sean Parnell, described the flight as part of a community-relations event for the America’s 250th anniversary initiative.

The June 5 flight appears to be a local checkout or repositioning hop from his home base. It follows a pattern of short, early-morning departures from KPTK, often preceding longer legs to Nashville (KBNA) or other recurring destinations. No event on the ground in Detroit explains the circuit — just the aircraft being exercised.