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Social Media Posts Misidentify Pilot Killed in Midair Collision Over D.C.

Social Media Posts Misidentify Pilot Killed in Midair Collision Over D.C.

The U.S. Army identified one of the Black Hawk helicopter pilots killed in the midair crash with a passenger jet on Jan. 29 as Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach. But social media posts have falsely identified two different women to claim the pilot was either a transgender woman or a former White House press aide.