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One of 3 soldiers aboard Black Hawk chopper involved in midair collision identified as former White House aide (prior unidentified pilot)
CBS News ^ | 2/1/25

Posted on 02/01/2025 2:38:26 PM PST by Pollard

One of three soldiers aboard an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was involved in the deadly midair collision with an American Airlines flight Wednesday near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., was identified Saturday by the Army as 28-year-old Capt. Rebecca Lobach, who had worked as a White House aide in the Biden administration.

The Army said Lobach had served as an aviation officer in the Army from July 2019 until January 2025. She had been awarded the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon.

Her family in a statement released through the Army described her as a "bright star in all our lives. She was kind, generous, brilliant, funny, ambitious and strong."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bidenregime; biology; biologydegree; dcaircrash; furiouslykarening; furiouslysneering; jameskaren; scrubadubdub
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1 posted on 02/01/2025 2:38:26 PM PST by Pollard
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The plot thickens.


2 posted on 02/01/2025 2:40:00 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: Pollard
worked as a White House aide in the Biden administration.

Move along. Nothing to see here.

3 posted on 02/01/2025 2:41:59 PM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.")
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To: Pollard

Moved up the ranks quickly for a pilot that wasn’t flying.


4 posted on 02/01/2025 2:42:34 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Pollard
Capt. Rebecca Lobach

5 posted on 02/01/2025 2:42:42 PM PST by linMcHlp
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Seems young and inexperienced to be put in the dangerous position of flying reagan airport with all the lights and runway issues


6 posted on 02/01/2025 2:43:55 PM PST by RummyChick
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7 posted on 02/01/2025 2:44:53 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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8 posted on 02/01/2025 2:45:17 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: LegendHasIt

I guess they’ve had enough time to sterilize her social media...

And aid to the Biden administration? Geezzz


9 posted on 02/01/2025 2:47:05 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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That Biden Administration stint opens up all kinds of questions. She looks “non traditional” to me. Why no info on her job with Biden? I bet that will explain much.


10 posted on 02/01/2025 2:47:17 PM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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To: RummyChick
Seems young and inexperienced to be put in the dangerous position of flying reagan airport with all the lights and runway issues

True.

But why did we allow all those military helicopters to fly at DCA in the first place?

It is not designed to handle that many helicopters and airplanes.

11 posted on 02/01/2025 2:47:46 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Pollard

“She was kind, generous, brilliant, funny, ambitious and strong.”


12 posted on 02/01/2025 2:47:48 PM PST by alternatives?
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We’re all eager to learn more about her.


13 posted on 02/01/2025 2:47:59 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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Hmm. A captain with only 500 hours of flight time? Odd.


14 posted on 02/01/2025 2:48:22 PM PST by PilotDave (No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!)
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Biden White House.

That’s like a wild card.

Forget skin color or gender identity.

Biden WH checks every DEI box.

She was in like Flynn.


15 posted on 02/01/2025 2:49:01 PM PST by Biblebelter
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To: Pollard

Since when does privacy at the request of the family count for anything?

Maybe the “Family” was the Biden Crime Family.

MSNBC and CNN were already rubbing it yesterday that the news photos showed the white man pilot and his blurred photo child——so he wasn’t one of the many affirmative action DEI hires all over the place. They quoted figures of the total white employment versus minority ones overall. See? DEI ain’t so awful? /S


16 posted on 02/01/2025 2:49:06 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Early reports indicate that Capt. Loach made critical errors that resulted in the crash. It has been reported that she was piloting the helicopter while another pilot evaluated her. The Black Hawk appeared to have exceeded the altitude ceiling for the area, she did not see the approaching airplane, and did not respond to ATC requests to verify visual sighting of the plane.

Of course, the investigation will clarify these reports but it looks like she bears the blame so far.

17 posted on 02/01/2025 2:49:20 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: LegendHasIt

I’ve been expecting plots too, but in this case, there are two fairly significant questions a conspiracy theory would need to address:

(a) could anyone plan to strike an aircraft in flight given that the two vectors only coincide for 2-3 seconds? (and do it with the likely opposition of two other crew?)

(b) how does that deliberate act advance globalist ambitions at the expense of Donald Trump?

I don’t see obvious answers in favor of a deliberate act and will stick with human error as cause.


18 posted on 02/01/2025 2:49:27 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (For two countries with so many lawyers, there ain't much justice in Canada or America (yet))
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To: dragnet2

An aide doing what? DEI military initiatives? Trump did not dive in head first on DEI if there was no there.


19 posted on 02/01/2025 2:49:31 PM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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Well, that should shut up all the conspiracy theorists!
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Now, what did she know and when did she threaten to expose it?


20 posted on 02/01/2025 2:50:14 PM PST by CFW
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