Posted on 02/01/2025 8:21:05 PM PST by bitt
After withholding at the request of the family the name of the female pilot killed in the mid-air collision Wednesday night between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a PSA/American Airlines passenger plane on final approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., the Army issued a statement Saturday afternoon from her family identifying the pilot as 28-year-old Capt. Rebecca Lobach from Durham, N.C.
The other two soldiers killed in the crash previously identified by the Army are Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Georgia, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Maryland.
Lobach was part of a three-man crew flying a training mission for “continuity of government” down the Potomac River when the collision occurred, killing all three crew members on the Black Hawk based at nearby Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and all 60 passengers and four crew members on the flight out of Wichita, Kansas.
Lobach, who had over 450 hours of flying experience, recently served as a military social aide at the Biden White House.
Last month, Capt. Lobach escorted fashion designer @RalphLauren at the White House when he received his Presidential Medal of Freedom. https://t.co/GyTGMliwaI pic.twitter.com/fDMX5W3m40
— Jim LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) February 1, 2025
STATEMENT FROM THE FAMILY of Capt Rebecca Lobach, the Army Blackhawk co-pilot:
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Rebecca Lobach, the Biden aid who was flying the helicopter that flew into the American Airlines passenger jet in DC this week, attended PRIDE events. The statement her family released about her said she was a “partner”.
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something is really off about this whole thing
Being a lesbian does not make a person a bad pilot. Not following rules and not concentrating on the flight makes for a bad pilot.
Rest in peace Captain Lobach.
Lots of folks appear to be “hinged” until they become unhinged.
There is little doubt the helo was flying at the wrong altitude.
And I’ll take Trump’s word on that as he said “by alot”.
I didn’t want this to go where it may be going.
But “intentional” must always be on the table until it is ruled out.
And in this case that cannot done cursorily.
There are old pilots and there are gay pilots. There are no old, gay pilots.
Nice job.
Aid is spelled aide...
To no one in particular.
aide /ād/
noun
An assistant; a helper.
“a nurse’s aide.”
An aide-de-camp.
An assistant.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik
So, that is where Kristinn went to. I met him when we went to Gore's house located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory, to tell him to move out Cheney's house.
I still say suicide by murder.
“Being a lesbian does not make a person a bad pilot.”
It doesn’t. But the more we know about her, the more it appears that she probably advanced because of her political connections. Plus, if more competent and qualified non-DEI pilots were passed over to check off the lesbian DEI box, that really stinks.
He still posts on here all the time. Most people call him a “she.”
True.
“Lobach, who had over 450 hours of flying experience, recently served as a military social aide at the Biden White House.”
Hhmmm thought she had 500 hours? And when was the last time she flew, regularly?
She will always be remembered for the impact she had on other people’s lives.
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