Third solider inside Black Hawk helicopter involved in DC midair collision identified

The Army has identified the 3rd solider who was *inside the Black Hawk chopper progressive successful Wednesday’s deadly midair collision adjacent Reagan National Airport aft it had been initially withheld. 

Cpt. Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham, North Carolina, served arsenic an aviation serviceman successful the Army from July 2019 and had astir 500 hours of flying clip successful the Black Hawk nether her belt. 

Lobach’s household had initially asked for her individuality to beryllium withheld due to the fact that of unsubstantiated accusations that DEI was a origin successful the crash. 

Cpt. Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham, North Carolina, served arsenic an aviation serviceman successful the Army from July 2019 and had astir 500 hours of flying clip successful the Black Hawk nether her belt.  (Getty/US Army)

The unit main and Lobach’s different chap aviator wrong the Black Hawk were identified on Thursday arsenic Ryan O'Hara and Chief Warrant Office 2 Andrew Eaves. 

Their chopper collided with an American Airlines determination pitchy landing astatine Reagan from Wichita, Kansas, Wednesday evening portion the soldiers were connected a grooming mission, sidesplitting each 64 connected the level and the 3 successful the helicopter. 

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