Posted on 02/01/2025 6:50:28 AM PST by airdalechief
The Army announced Friday that at the request of the female pilot’s family, it is withholding the name of one of three Black Hawk helicopter crew members killed in the mid-air collision with a passenger plane over the Potomac River while the plane was on final approach Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. The Army said the name “will not be released at this time”, leaving open the possibility of later public identification.
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“He already TOLD us DEI was responsible”
I didn’t hear that. I heard him strongly allude to that, but when asked specifically he wouldn’t say.
No problemo.
Sounds like BS.
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Note how quickly the flying hours of the two pilots was released. The Army is clearly trying to manage the narrative, for whatever reasons.
PAGING PETE HEGSETH!, no GOOD REASON NOT TO REPORTTHE NAME AND PICTURE!
WHY IS SHE SO SPECIAL? Hmmmmmmmm
Something’s fishy Pete.
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Not a good look for Pete. Makes you wonder who is managing who.
My understanding is that if the family requests some anonymity, the military will grant 72 hours, and then release the name. I would expect full disclosure some time this weekend. If the name is still withheld after that, then something is seriously funky.
Interesting. I'm sure that Hegseth and Trump will be transparent after they find out.
But it's likely that it was an accident.
It's possible that she was a "nevertrumper" and that would have embarrassed her family. Maybe they're trying to scrub her social media's history.
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The name "Koziol" is Russian in origin and means literally "goat." It is also a pretty spicey cuss word.
Regards,
No excuse for being that high or off course.
Something is sooooo wrong here.
Where did you find the 72 hours?
Let me guess.
She was the co-pilot who was responsible for maintaining an altitude under 200ft (helicopter was at 350 ft according to available displays), and responsible for peripheral vision.
Because the pilot was training night-vision goggles in-flight.
“If the name is still withheld after that, then something is seriously funky.”
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I think that’s already been established based on the refusal to reveal the name in such secretive manner.
Credibility seems to already be a casualty here.
SMELLS like BS.
Seeing your name brought back a thought of an uncle I had
many years ago named Nathan. Take care, have a good’en.
Jo Ellis is a man.
I'm no authority. I've seen that number in other comments from multiple Freepers who seem to have military experience and who claim to know the protocol. But it's the internet, right? So it may or may not be an accurate number.
Sean Dietrich
Yesterday at 6:00 AM ·
To the three servicemen who died in a midair collision on Wednesday in Washington DC. I’m sorry.
I’m sorry for everything. Not just the tragedy itself. I’m sorry for all the crap that came after. All the fussing and fighting. The postulating. For all the disrespect to your memory.
I’m sorry for the suits on TV, pointing fingers and placing blame. I’m sorry for the uneducated keyboard warriors, sitting behind laptops, violating your memory by offering excremental opinions on what you “should have done,” or “why this happened.”
In fact, I’m sorry for the millions of people online who participated in disgusting trajectory. Who leave comments on social-media posts about this catastrophe, about your alleged roles in it, and who offer up their own political rants.
As if politics has anything to do with the precious life you lived.
These people are talking out of their rearmost orifices.
And so, to the Army pilot who remains unnamed. To the other pilot, Chief Warrant Officer 2, Andrew Eaves, from Brooksville, Mississippi. And to crew chief and Georgia native, Ryan O’Hara. We all owe you an apology.
Because we have all accidentally partaken in watching your memory get smeared by a bunch of buttheads with microphones and Twitter/X accounts.
Following the disaster, Officer Eaves’s wife wrote:
“We ask that you pray for our family and friends and for all the other families that are suffering today. We ask for peace while we grieve.”
Peace while she grieves. That’s what she wanted. That’s what we should have given her. But we Americans didn’t.
We Americans are taking to social media like droves of technological drunks, gorging ourselves on “insights” and “expert opinions.” And the noise we are creating fosters anything but peace.
So, to Sam Lilley, a pilot on American Airlines flight 5432. To the 64 souls aboard the civilian airliner. To the rescue workers, first responders, and emergency crews who have tirelessly plunged into the icy Potomac, who have recovered more than 40 bodies so far—as I write this.
To all involved. Both living and dead. Please forgive the idiocy of your countrymen. Please forgive the misguided hatred which is within your fellow Americans right now.
I’m sorry for our irreverence and insensitivity. May your collective memory be honored. May we cherish the beautiful life you lived.
And above all, may you forgive us. For we know not what we do.
I hate to say it, but the it seems the pilot was doing the evaluation, and so the co-pilot was doing a qualification and flying.
That said, I’d hate to see it was a member of a minority group, because that would blow Washington sky-high. People make mistakes, but this would be the wrong person to make a mistake.
I’m sure those at the top know, and many top Democrats would know as well.
That HAS been debunked. Stop with the Fake News.
Thanks for your input, Nathan.
(I can’t remember how many hours as a flight crew member in various Navy aircraft I racked up. Us enlisted pukes just flew regardless of hours.
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