The military is keeping the identity of the female helicopter pilot a secret.

The U.S. Army declined to reveal the identity of the female pilot, one of three soldiers on board the military helicopter that collided mid-air with a passenger plane in the catastrophic aviation accident in Washington, D.C., on January 29.

The New York Post reported on February 1st that the U.S. Army declined to name the female pilot killed in the Black Hawk military helicopter crash that collided with an American Airlines passenger plane near Ronald Reagan National Airport in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

The catastrophic plane crash on January 29th killed all 64 people on board the passenger plane and the three pilots in the military helicopter, including a female pilot.

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In a recent statement, the U.S. Army said the family requested that the female pilot's identity not be disclosed. The Army stated that the other two soldiers on board the Black Hawk were Ryan Austin O'Hara (28 years old) and Andrew Loyd Eaves (39 years old).

"At the request of the family, the name of the third soldier will not be released at this time," according to the U.S. Army.

The wreckage of the Black Hawk helicopter lies in the Potomac River.

The Telegraph quoted Officer Jonathan Koziol, Chief of Staff of the US Army's Air Force, as saying that the female soldier was an experienced pilot with over 500 hours of flight time. Pilot Eaves was the flight instructor and had over 1,000 hours of flight experience.

The bodies of soldier Eaves and the female soldier have not yet been found after both planes crashed into the Potomac River in the incident.

A U.S. military Black Hawk helicopter.

In a related development, The Straits Times quoted a senior US official as saying that the military helicopter was on a routine training flight.

Accordingly, the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter unit of the 12th Air Force Battalion has the special mission of rapidly evacuating high-ranking US officials to safe locations, such as one in Pennsylvania, in the event of a disaster or attack on the US government .

In an interview with Fox News on January 31, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the helicopter was participating in an "ongoing government exercise," helping pilots "practice in a way that reflects a real-world scenario." He declined to provide further details, saying he did not want to "get into anything classified."

The U.S. government has not disclosed details of its plan to evacuate high-ranking officials, but the plan likely involves Raven Rock Mountain, a facility in Pennsylvania that has been used since the 1950s as an alternative command center in the event of nuclear war.

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