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The Hansell Helicopter Photograph

:::caution Legal Disclaimer — No Claim Of Wrongdoing Nothing on this page is a finding by this website that Bradley D. Hansell, or any other living person named here, committed a crime, acted unethically or illegally, or had any knowledge of the assassination of Charlie Kirk before it happened. Mr. Hansell holds a public office and has been charged with nothing. Travel by a senior defense official on an official aircraft, including to the Army's intelligence headquarters, is an ordinary part of that job. No one named here has been charged with, accused by any authority of, or found to have committed any offense connected to September 10, 2025.

What appears here about who was aboard, who was where, or who attended what comes from comments made by other people on social media and in public commentary, attributed to whoever made them. This site does not adopt those claims and does not place any named person on any aircraft, at any meeting, or at any installation. They are recorded so that readers, journalists and investigators can check them against primary records — a flight manifest, a visitor log, a FOIA release — and establish whether there is any truth in them. Until that is done, nothing here should be read as an accusation. :::

Interior of a military helicopter cabin with four men seated in conversation and an airfield visible through the window Next Image

What This Image Shows​

This is the photograph itself, separated from the composite that surrounds it elsewhere in this cluster. It shows the interior of a military helicopter cabin: four men seated facing each other, two on the left in camouflage uniform and two on the right in civilian clothes, wearing aviation headsets. Through the central window is an airfield, a low brick building, and mountains under a clouded blue sky.

The image is an official U.S. government release. Its DVIDS caption identifies it as "Under Secretary of War for Intelligence and Security Bradley Hansell visits JTF-SB leaders," the third of five images in that set. JTF-SB is the Joint Task Force covering the southwest border mission — the same organization named in the Fort Huachuca military police report reproduced elsewhere in this cluster, and the same unit that a source cited by researchers said he encountered at the base.

The photograph documents an official visit that the Army chose to publicize. It does not show the September 8-9, 2025 flight, does not establish who was aboard that flight, and does not connect any person in the frame to events at Utah Valley University. Nothing here establishes that any person or agency had advance knowledge of the assassination or any role in it. Prosecutors have charged a domestic suspect who has not been convicted.

See Fort Huachuca September 9, Fort Huachuca, and Fort Huachuca airport.

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