Army Releases Name of 3rd Pilot Who Died in Helicopter and Airliner Crash Near DC Airport

Video/Pics: Soldier killed in Black Hawk collision was fmr. Biden aide

The Army identified the third soldier killed in last Wednesday's collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines airplane.

Army identifies 3rd soldier killed in DC crash

*Video shows previous coverage of the crash. (The Hill) -- The U.S. Army on Saturday identified the third soldier who died last week during a training mission that ended in a midair crash between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. At the request of the family, the Army named Capt. Rebecca Lobach, of Durham, N.C., as the third soldier. She had served as an aviation o…

The pilot Rebecca Lobach also died in the plane crash in Washington. The 28-year-old had accompanied Ralph Lauren in January when Joe Biden awarded him the Medal of Freedom.

JD Vance retracts DEI slur after final Washington crash pilot's name is released

Now that the army has released the name of the final pilot in last week’s deadly plane crash, vice-president JD Vance has been forced to walk back claims that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies were to blame – described by many as a “slur” against those involved. Since the crash, Vance and President Trump have repeatedly claimed that DEI policies led to staffing storages among air traffic controllers, leading to the crash between an…

Female Pilot Rebecca Lobach’s Entire Social Media Scrubbed before Army Released Her Name—For Privacy OR Is Something Being Hiden?

On Saturday the U.S. Army released the name of the pilot of the U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter that flew into a passenger jet landing at Reagan National Airport. The crash was on Wednesday. The pil…

This is Captain Rebecca Lobach, whom her family allowed to identify on Saturday; according to the ongoing investigation, the altitude data of both ships does not match at the time of the accident.