In the context of "death flights," the phrase "helicopter rides" refers to the extrajudicial killing of political opponents, typically by military dictatorships . The practice involves drugging or torturing victims before throwing them to their deaths from airplanes or helicopters over oceans, rivers, or remote mountains. The phrase is used as a euphemism by far-right and alt-right groups to advocate for the murder of their political adversaries, specifically liberals, leftists, and progressives. The origin of this gruesome reference is the military dictatorships in South America during the 1970s and 80s, most notably: Chile: The regime of Augusto Pinochet used helicopters to dump the