Posted on 02/01/2025 2:53:58 PM PST by Morgana
The U.S. Army has identified the third pilot of the H-60 Black Hawk Helicopter that collided with an American Airline CRJ-700 passenger jet on Wednesday as it was on approach to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing 67 people.
Captain Rebecca M. Lobach, 28, from Durham, North Carolina was one of three soldiers aboard the chopper that crashed into the jet just as it was coming into land.
The Army had initially refused to identify Lobach at the request of her family but the decision to release her name came 'at the request of and in coordination with the family,' according to a statement released by the Army.
'We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Rebecca. She was a bright star in all our lives,' her family said. 'Rebecca was a warrior and would not hesitate to defend her country in battle.'
Lobach had worked as a White House aide during the Biden administration and had served as an aviation officer in the Army from July 2019 until January 2025.
Her family went on to describe her as 'kind, generous, brilliant, funny, ambitious and strong.'
Lobach had been awarded the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon.
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Seems to be also validated by the vagueness of what the air traffic controller said . Validated again by the incompetence of whoever let the other air traffic controller or go off shift early. Validated again by letting that flight go out without two crew chiefs. Seems like a lot of incompetence.
Gang there’s a lot at work here. The trainee was flying with less time getting proficiency flying time than maybe she should probably because of DEI practices. I spent a considerable amount of time training men to handle watch stations on a US submarine. It was always you go to the bottom we all go, so as a trainer my job was to instruct the trainee but be close enough to intercede to prevent a catastrophic mistake sinking us all. If and it’s a big if, she veered of the flight route and was too high in altitude it was the trainer who screwed this up. What caused the circumstances heads right to policy and who set that policy. If this event is tracked to root cause as was the Challenger explosion, it’ll go back the Obama starting this crap and Biden amplifying it. EOS
Sounds like she was a hardcore Dem.
excuse me...but we have all these experts n this thread.ha
bttt
Almost all comments on this matter are agenda driven not fact driven.
And will be until the official report comes out.
My take is that she volunteered (and was accepted) for the aide gig. I don’t know how much of her time it consumed. She could have been performing her regular Army duties, as well.
No black boxes on 60’s.
Experienced army pilots are WOs. The commissioned officers don’t fly that much. I was in the Air Force flying 60s with the 82nd on a loaner program. I flew with an Army LTC who had 2500 hours and could barely takeoff-tried to kill us a few times, so they do a lot of “leading” and not flying.
She knew somebody. I suggest take a look at where she lived and who her relatives and/or associates were.
Were the 450 hours totally piloting a Black Hawk??
The helicopter said they had traffic (the airliner) in sight. Once you declare you have traffic in sight, it is up to you to maintain visual separation. The controller could tell them to turn (as they had them on radar and was receiving collision alerts). I can easily see the helicopter getting confused with which traffic they thought they had in sight (as an aircraft was taking off), and all the ground lighting doesn’t help. I don’t fault the crew, as I have been in many situations like this-nighttime, background lighting, confused and overwhelmed controller. Once they were off their altitude, the controller should step in and confirm the altitude, sometimes this is a wake-up call and gets you back into your proper scan. Sad none the less.
Was she in the Army or in the Reserve??
Hell no! This is the biggest conspiracy that could ever hit Washington!
What the heck is going on??????
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So the bottom line is…….who was piloting the Blackhawk?
No. No. It was 200 feet max and they collided at close to 350 as they airliner was landing. If you like I can share the ADS-B data with you.
"No black boxes on 60’s."
Best analysis based on what we know now (no mechanical issues).
She may have relayed to the check pilot an intent to correct the flight path and both were focused on the right side at the jet that was departing the field while the more important landing airliner was approaching the left of the cockpit.
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