A U.S. Army captain who died in Wednesday's midair collision of a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet was “brilliant and fearless” and “meticulous in everything she did,” friends and fellow soldiers said.

A U.S. Army captain who died in Wednesday’s midair collision of a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet was “brilliant and fearless” and “meticulous in

On Friday, the Army released the names of two male aviators who were killed in the crash, but in an extraordinary step, it did not identify Captain Lobach, who was the pilot of the helicopter, citing her family’s request for privacy.

Army Capt. Rebecca Lobach was among those killed in a collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 on Wednesday night.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves was one of the Army personnel in the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with American Airlines 5342 Wednesday.

The helicopter pilot in the fatal Washington, D.C. plane crash has been identified on Sunday morning. An American Airlines flight out of Wichita, Kansas collided mid-air with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night.