The three soldiers killed in the collision were part of the 12th Aviation Battalion at Fort Belvoir in Virginia.

Three black boxes — one from the Black Hawk helicopter and two from the American Airlines jet — have been recovered from the wreckage in Washington D.C.’s Potomac River, and are now being analyzed in labs. The helicopter’s box was recovered Friday after investigators previously recovered two black boxes from the jet.

Sixty-four people aboard a commercial airliner died Wednesday after it collided with a military helicopter midair near Reagan Washington National Airport. Both the American Eagle jet and Army Black Hawk are in the Potomac River.

The Army’s Black Hawk helicopter was performing “doomsday” training when it collided with an American Airlines jet above Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, according to a new report. The helicopter was flying a route that’s part of a military plan to evacuate senior government officials to safety if the U.

Days after the tragic Washington, DC midair collision claimed the lives of 67 people, details about the Black Hawk helicopter pilots had been released. Two of the three pilots were identified hours after the tragic accident occurred.

The third pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter which fatally collided with a passenger plane in Washington DC has been identified as ‘brilliant warrior’ Rebecca M Lobach. Her name had previously not been released publicly,