{"id":87587,"date":"2026-11-15T09:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T14:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=87587"},"modified":"2026-11-15T09:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T14:28:07","slug":"why-were-multiple-evac-helicopters-from-the-usafs-1st-helicopter-squadron-flying-extensively-over-washington-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=87587","title":{"rendered":"<h3><b><i>Why were multiple EVAC helicopters from the USAF\u2019s 1st Helicopter Squadron flying extensively over Washington yesterday?<\/i><\/b><\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Multiple helicopters from the USAF\u2019s 1st Helicopter Squadron, largely absent from DC skies since the helicopter crash nearly two years ago, were flying extensively over Washington today.<\/p>\n<p>This is the unit responsible for emergency evacuation of senior government officials.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting timing given reports of an Iranian plot targeting White House leadership. Coincidence?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hank Thomas (@HankThomasDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HankThomasDC\/status\/2121687858205642754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87588,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87587\/revisions\/87588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}