The third soldier in the DC helicopter-PSA Air plane crash was identified. Her name is Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham, North Carolina, served as an aviation officer in the Army since July 2019 and had around 500 hours of flying time in the Black Hawk, the Army said in a release.
Lobach’s family had initially asked for her identity to be withheld because of unsubstantiated accusations that DEI was a factor in the crash.
DEI is Affirmative Action on speed. One of the problems with DEI and Affirmative Action is that any time a woman or a minority achieves something, they are looked upon as tainted.
The crew chief and Lobach’s other fellow pilot aboard the Black Hawk were identified Thursday as Staff Sgt. Ryan O’Hara and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves.
Their helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet landing at Reagan from Wichita, Kansas, Wednesday evening while the soldiers were on a training mission.
Lobach was assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. According to the Army, her awards included the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and Army Service Ribbon.
The Army shared a statement from Lobach’s family saying it is “devastated by the loss of our beloved Rebecca. She was a bright star in all our lives. She was kind, generous, brilliant, funny, ambitious and strong. No one dreamed bigger or worked harder to achieve her goals.”
Lobach was also a White House military social aide in the Biden administration, CBS News reported, citing her friend.
We won’t know for months what caused the crash. It’s likely more than one mistake.
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I always had a low opinion of pilots. And, after viewing the “nonsense flightpath” of these helicopter pilots ( akin to playing a game of frogger with 757s) my opinions are Justified. Sadly, the Same goes for AT controllers! Dont they realize how dangerous the JOB is and how their masters will just throw them under the BUS for any… Read more »
Oh, and I heard the Helicopter Crew Chief is Supposed to Stick his Backside out of the Helicopter, to check for Air Traffic; because the pilots are generally BLIND! Tragic Indeed. You`d think Radar would be Standard Equipment? I know my subaru has sonar equipped lane departure technology and proximity sensors; but the Helicopters are still operating with 1960s technology!… Read more »
Why was her entire social media scrubbed before the name released. Did that have anything to do with the reason the family was so adamant on “privacy“.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3PtOdR_VCc
The more they are hiding things about her, the more it means that she was a DEI….. And she was also almost certainly a Trump hater as there are many photos of her with democrats, even photos of her inches from Biden….. So was she connected to important democrats and despite her not being a good pilot they put her… Read more »
If a business, a school or the military says; there has to be this % of blacks, and this % of gays and this % of females, what they do is they lower the bar to reach those percentages I saw a documentary about 25 years ago ( before it became impossible to tell the truth ) that said not… Read more »
After spending 8 years is the Army all except basic and AIT were in Helicopters. I know that the pilots were mostly Warrant Officers , Rank W-1 thru W-4. Most Officers were staff with a Flight slot assigned to their position. The Warrants job was to fly, the officers were mostly staff and flying was a side thing so they… Read more »
Are you denying DEI is a real thing ?
“unsubstantiated accusations that DEI was a factor in the crash”
You mean like a social aide being the highest ranking and probable officer in charge of the chopper? Naw, prolly nothing like that.