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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...

Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein BREAKING: New, much more clear video of the American Airlines collision with the Black Hawk.

The co-pilot of the Black Hawk that crashed into a passenger plane in DC , killing everyone on board in both aircraft, was a woman who was being evaluated. The female pilot has not been named but Fox News reported it was a woman with 500 hours of flying of experience, which is considered a 'normal' amount...Army chopper may have been flying higher than approved The Black Hawk involved in the crash appears to have been flying too high and outside its approved flight path during the tragedy on Wednesday, The New York Times reported. The chopper was reportedly supposed...

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson How is this possible!?! From Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 6:38 AM · Jan 31, 2025

The Blackhawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot. It was far above the 200 foot limit. That's not really too complicated to understand, is it???

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨Trump just posted this on the Blackhawk helicopter: 7:47 AM · Jan 31, 2025

Investigators are going to have to look at every possible reason a military Black Hawk Helicopter could crash into an American Airlines passenger jet landing at Reagan Airport in D.C. The calls from air traffic controllers for the helicopter to “return to base” raise serious concerns over what may have caused this crash. We even pulled the altitude and flight tracking data that revealed sharp zig-zags and a sudden drop in altitude moments before the crash. Here are the possible reasons behind the disaster: Mechanical Failure Air Traffic Control Failure Human Error Nefarious Action Pilot Suicide Computer Hack ....

America suffered a fresh tragedy when a packed passenger jet collided with a US Army helicopter and plunged into Washington DC's Potomac River. The collision took place as the American Airlines flight carrying 64 people made its final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport shortly before 9pm ET. More than 30 bodies have been recovered for the freezing river early Thursday, with authorities saying there are no survivors although search efforts are still ongoing. A temporary morgue has been set up in the capital to house the bodies. A Black Hawk helicopter flying a training sortie cut through the...

...And right on cue, the Trump-hating media is scrambling—absurdly trying to pin this crash on the president, only to delete their posts like the cowards and hacks they are...One thing’s for sure—this will likely go down as the deadliest crash in DC history. But seriously—what on earth happened here? How does something like this even occur? Thankfully, we now have a president in the White House who’s asking those same questions. ...

The military helicopter that collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in a crash that killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft was a UH-60 Black Hawk, considered the “workhorse” of Army aviation. The helicopter is a “utility tactical transport” aircraft — used for everything from air assault to relief operations — that the Army says it has relied on for every major operation around the world for more than four decades. First introduced in the Army in 1979, the aircraft is generally considered safe and has a strong track record for reliability and survivability in...

The brilliant Army career of the female helicopter pilot killed in the Washington D.C. plane crash—which Donald Trump blamed on “DEI”—has been revealed. Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, a native of Durham, North Carolina, was identified late Saturday by the U.S. Army’s Public Affairs office despite a previous request from her family to withhold her identity. She had been in the top 20 per cent of Army ROTC cadets nationwide and picked for a prestigious role as a White House social aide. Her awards include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon. Lobach...

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