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Biden White House Social Aide Identified as Third Soldier in Crashed Black Hawk
2025-02-02
[BREITBART] The third soldier inside the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines jet at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was identified as Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, who had been a White House social aide under the Biden administration.

In a blurb issued by the U.S. Army, it was revealed that ''at the request of and in coordination with'' Lobach's family, the U.S. Army was releasing the name of the third soldier who had been on the Black Hawk helicopter during a training mission on Wednesday.

CBS News reported that Lobach had also worked as a White House social aide under the Biden administration.

Lobach also served as a White House social aide during the Biden administration, Brown said. Just last month, she escorted Ralph Lauren through the White House when he was among those awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by former President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Joe's wife and daughter weren't killed by a drunk driver. He didn't graduate with three or even two degrees, wasn't in the top half of his law class, and his daddy didn't come home from a hard day's work in the mines and play football with the guys. The NAACP hasn't endorsed him every time he's run....
Lobach was described as being ''kind, generous, brilliant, funny, ambitious and strong,'' her family said in a statement, adding that Lobach was ''a warrior and would not hesitate to defend her country in battle.''

''We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Rebecca,'' the Lobach family statement said. ''She was a bright star in all our lives. She was kind, generous, brilliant, funny, ambitious and strong. No one dreamed bigger or worked hard to achieve her goals.''

Rebecca began her career in the United States Army as a distinguished military graduate in ROTC at the University of North Carolina, and was in the top 20% of cadets nationwide. She achieved the rank of Captain, having twice served as a Platoon Leader and as a Company Executive Officer in the 12th Aviation Battalion, Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. With more than 450 hours of flight time, she earned certification as a pilot-in-command after extensive testing by the most senior and experienced pilots in her battalion.

Rebecca was a warrior and would not hesitate to defend her country in battle. But she was as graceful as she was fierce: in addition to her duties as an Army aviator, Rebecca was honored to serve as a White House Military Social Aide, volunteering to support the President and First Lady in hosting countless White House events, including ceremonies awarding the Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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#10  ^8
I was thinking about the altitude issue also. It seems almost incredible that someone would fly at the wrong altitude in that corridor. Is it possible the altimeter in the helicopter gave a false altitude?
Posted by: Lord Garth   2025-02-02 19:44  

#9  /\ Trump was calling out DEI before the smoke cleared. Appears to be a case of DoD DEI meets FAA DEI.... or am I jumping to conclusions ?

What we still don't know, what control tower FAA employee was handling the traffic that night; name, time on the job, work history, training, current status, etc.

Posted by: Besoeker   2025-02-02 13:48  

#8  The few facts that have surfaced look bad: she only had 500 hours of experience in the Blackhawk and was training in one of the worst possible environments with multiple near-misses reported from other mil pilots over the years. Her trainer was said to have only 1000 flight hours experience. Blackhawk was 200 feet too high at the moment of impact per reports. Congressional meddling aka negligence aka nonfeasance aka dumbfeasance with the safety culture of air traffic control at DCA has been known for decades.
Posted by: q   2025-02-02 13:44  

#7  I still don’t understand the delay and the wipe of social media.
Since she was 'in like Flynn' with the Biden administration (a "social aide"), it was highly likely her social media posts and any other public statements she has made would reflect that her politics was radical left. It would take a little time to clean that up.
Of course, any statements she made to anyone will tend to surface eventually.
Posted by: q   2025-02-02 13:39  

#6  /\ My guess is they needed time to scrub social media accounts.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-02-02 13:39  

#5  I still don’t understand the delay and the wipe of social media. The info was always going to come out. Why put the family through the added trauma of getting the Men in Black flashy thing treatment?
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-02-02 13:35  

#4  a White House social aide

Party fluff escort?
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-02-02 11:07  

#3  Apparently her social media has been completely scrubbed. That accounts for the delay in releasing the name.
Posted by: Mercutio   2025-02-02 09:24  

#2  Taken with a grain block of salt. It does tell us something about why names were withheld. No, after the family has been notified, it becomes a public record.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-02-02 07:09  

#1  No need for guess work. You already know what we have here.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-02-02 02:39  

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