NFL Draft prospects Joe Alt, Bo Nix enjoy Black Hawk flight over Detroit with National Guard thanks to USAA

Before violative tackle Joe Alt and backmost Bo Nix acquisition Detroit astatine nan 2024 NFL Draft this upcoming Thursday, they sewage a once-in-a-lifetime acquisition flying successful a Black Hawk chopper complete nan city. 

Thanks to USAA, nan charismatic "Salute to Service" partner of the NFL, Alt and Nix traveled to Selfridge Air National Guard Base conscionable extracurricular of Detroit to participate successful a "day successful nan life" acquisition pinch nan subject members astatine nan base. 

Part of that acquisition progressive a formation successful a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, wherever Alt and Nix some pointed fingers astatine each different erstwhile asked who was much frightened astir nan thrust supra Detroit pinch nan doors open.

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A Selfridge Air National Guard Base personnel poses pinch Joe Alt, left, and Bo Nix successful beforehand of a helicopter. (USAA)

"Well, he’s nan 1 that had to clasp nan ‘Barf Bag,’ truthful I don’t deliberation I was intimidated a full lot," Nix, who threw for 45 touchdowns pinch complete 4,500 yards past play for Auburn, told Fox News Digital up of nan Draft. "I conjecture I thought he’d beryllium utilized to having bigger guys moving astatine him, too, truthful I wouldn’t conjecture that he was nan frightened one."

"Bo was trying to enactment reliable and effort to make it look for illustration I was scared, but I deliberation Bo was a batch much frightened than I was," Alt countered pinch a laugh. "He was much frightened. He gave maine a look aft it started up and I was like, ‘Yup, he’s afraid.’ 

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"I didn’t know, but I had a emotion what it was going to beryllium like. And I don’t deliberation he knew it was going to beryllium that large and that powerful. It was nosy to beryllium pinch him and joke astir it and being capable to acquisition it pinch personification else."

The 2 NFL Draft prospects sewage to circuit nan grounds of Selfridge arsenic well, checking retired military aircraft including nan KC-135 Stratotanker and nan A-10 Thunderbolt II, which is commonly referred to arsenic nan "Warthog."

"Just nan opportunity to beryllium capable to spell up successful a Blackhawk tour, you tin only dream aliases deliberation astir those benignant of things, and we really had nan opportunity to do it. It was unbelievable being capable to beryllium supra Detroit and spot everything. Joe and I had a awesome time," Nix added.

Selridge Air National Guard Base members airs pinch NFL Draft prospects Joe Alt and Bo Nix. (USAA)

Both Alt and Nix had subject members successful their families. Alt’s grandfathers, Roger Rozmark and Robert Alt, served successful nan Army, and though he was young erstwhile they passed distant (one earlier he was calved and 1 astatine 3 years old), subject appreciation was ever thing his parents taught him.

"For me, nan things I learned from my parents, what they passed down to them, were nan things that I saw successful immoderate of those subject members I met and said with," Alt, a projected apical 10 prime successful this year’s Draft, said. "That was really typical to maine because it’s unique, group who service successful nan subject person that akin measurement they unrecorded their life. It was really cool to perceive from them and perceive their communicative and why they chose nan subject and what they learned. They’re each truthful incredibly passionate astir that."

One of Nix’s grandfathers, Robert Chapman, served successful nan Air Force. The awesome caller explained why he has ever enjoyed nan weeks erstwhile shot and subject appreciation travel together.

"When we were capable to do subject appreciation week not only during college, but now moving guardant to nan ‘Salute to Service’ week pinch nan NFL and USAA, I deliberation it gives you nan realization and allows you to return a 2nd and admit each they do for america and everything that goes into serving our state and being a portion of nan military. They’re nan logic we’re fundamentally allowed to spell retired location and play nan crippled of football."

Selridge Air National Guard Base members airs pinch NFL Draft prospects Joe Alt and Bo Nix, right. (USAA)

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Those nerves felt connected nan Black Hawk by some early NFL players will travel backmost this Thursday erstwhile nan Draft kicks disconnected successful Detroit. However, nary matter wherever Alt and Nix land, they will beryllium capable to look guardant to "Salute to Service" weeks that return spot each play successful nan NFL. 

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