By Free Republic | Created at 2025-02-01 22:57:15 | Updated at 2025-02-02 02:05:25
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Rebecca Lobach ID’d as female soldier inside doomed Black Hawk during DC crash
New York Post ^
Posted on 02/01/2025 2:52:14 PM PST by TigerClaws
The U.S. Army has identified the female soldier in the doomed Black Hawk helicopter which crashed into an American Airlines flight this week, killing more than 60 people.
Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham, North Carolina, was assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, who served since July 2019, the Army said in a statement.
The Army had initially refused to identify Lobach at the request of her family.
The decision to release her name came “at the request of and in coordination with the family,” according to the statement.
“We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Rebecca. She was a bright star in all our lives,” her family said in a statement released by the Army. “Rebecca was a warrior and would not hesitate to defend her country in battle.”
This is a developing story.
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1 posted on 02/01/2025 2:52:14 PM PST by TigerClaws
To: TigerClaws
Captain +200 AGL
Captain, my ass.
To: TigerClaws
Does anyone here know if the military (and police and government) allow privacy to anyone whose family requests it?
3 posted on 02/01/2025 2:55:11 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
To: TigerClaws
4 posted on 02/01/2025 2:55:38 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
To: TigerClaws
So far, in all the sources used for the various threads here, the media has taken a temporary break from using the word “pilot” or “pilots” when writing about this event.
5 posted on 02/01/2025 2:56:22 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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