PM: One of the three soldiers aboard the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday has been identified as a former White House aide during the Biden administration.
The Army identified the soldier as 28-year-old Captain Rebecca Lobach, an aviation officer who had served since July 2019. Lobach’s military honors included the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and Army Service Ribbon. She first enlisted in the North Carolina Army National Guard while in college in December 2018, according to CBS News.
Lobach previously worked as a White House social aide under President Joe Biden. Last month, she escorted designer Ralph Lauren through the White House when he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. more here
I bet she couldn’t parallel park….
Airport in DC is designed for disaster. Formwe Air Traffic Controller.
@willysgoatgruff — But I bet she could parallel pork.
If she worked for Biden in the White House as a “Social Aide” She had to most likely be DEI.
You don’t go from “social aide” to US Army helicopter pilot trainee without pulling a lot of strings. Starting to look like she had no business controlling a Blackhawk over DC at all.
I’m betting she’s a vagiterian
Considering how corrupt the Biden regime is, you can’t rule out she knew too much.
Wouldn’t be the first time.
<500 hours over 6 years is nothing.
Especially if your most recent experience is ushering aging hosexuals around an illegitimately occupied government building for the purpose of collecting a defiled award.
There are no fools among the regulars on this site. We all know how this story will read in 10 years. MSM and DNC loyalist Damage Controllers have been on the job 24/7 since the tragedy. DEI was a factor, bigly. She dint-need-no-steenkin aptitude or qualifications, she was connected baby! Strike 1. They’ve wiped everything they can from the net. WHY? Strike 2. There is something seriously wrong at the Control Tower too, DEI: strike 3.
“There are no fools among the regulars on this site. ”
Oh really? You bastards have been trying to blame this on a transitioned woman pilot from the get. Well turns out she was a non transitioned woman. Should she have been behind the stick? Probably not. But then again we don’t know that she was behind the stick do we. You people are like a bunch of old women. I’m disgusted. What the fuck was that Helo doing 400 feet above it’s ceiling? Important question. The tower could have easily saved all these lives. Why you people are fixated with the crew of the Helo is beyond me. What the was that Helo doing there in the first place. This is all on the tower. Every last soul.
The latest NTSB update was that the collision took place at 325 feet according to the black box.
The tower had the helicopter at 200 feet and that they still have to translate the box on it and figure out what happened.
But they know for sure it was 325 feet give or take 25 feet at time of impact.
“Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and Army Service Ribbon.”
Those sound nice. What were her flight certifications?
Thirdtwin
450 hour flight time. Are you assuming she was at the stick? Just asking.
“…the midair collision resulted in the total death of 67 people…”
No partials, then.
What?
Reports are the Pilot was a Warrant Officer named Eaves…and this DEI hire was the co pilot…..Other reports are that the pilot Eaves was a transgender. Explains a great deal if true….
only the black box will show who was in control of the copter…..
“.Other reports are that the pilot Eaves was a transgender. Explains a great deal if true….”
Link it or it’s just more bull shit. It’s the fucking tower people.
Bad_Brad, I heard 500, but that was early on. 450 now, you say? Flight hours?
And I’m only assuming that she was not just along for the ride.
“And I’m only assuming that she was not just along for the ride”
I can’t make assumptions in my business. No mater who had a hold of the stick, it was still the tower. Your people’s fixation with the helo is amazing.
@ Bad_Brad…..did the tower tell the help to go up to 400 feet?….It’s gonna be revealed. They’re are slow rolling this for some reason and we all know why….
And Bad_Brad, the caller is the only one who survived this square dance. Naturally, he’s going to get some unfair blame to go along with blame which may be deserved. I wonder how many hours he has safely landing planes.
Bad_Brad, you have made some strong assumptions about the tower. Now that you have crossed that threshold, go ahead and make some assumptions about the helo. It’s okay.
willy
Most logical questioned asked here on this thread. The answer is nobody knows yet. Here’s what I know and can prove. That Helo was originally transversing the runways. Don’t know their altitude. At that point the tower radioed the passenger plane and had them switch runways to runway 33, I believe. So the Tower knows they have a problem with that Helo. Next the Tower radios the Helo and asked them to fall in behind the passenger plane to land. Disaster ensues. Bottom line, the tower knew this Helo was a problem and didn’t do jack shit to stop it.
Thirdtwin
Please point out my assumptions. I can prove everything I typed above.
You assume all blame lies with the tower, Brad:
“This is all on the tower.”
“It’s the fucking tower people…”
That is an assumption you have made, but at this point, you don’t know enough to assert that as fact. Maybe, after a full investigation, it will be a fact that “This is all on the tower”, but I don’t think so. There is plenty of blame to go around beyond the tower and the helo crew.
““This is all on the tower”, but I don’t think so.”
Bull Shit. What you fail to admit is the tower had the authority and the power to shut that crap down. Put the incoming flights on their tales to get the hell out of dodge and ground anything trying to take off. That should have been done about 5 minutes before impact. Yes or no? And consider the Helos previous actions. Like I said, the Tower is responsible for every soul lost.