Davis Winkie, a White House reporter for USA Today who previously wrote for the Military Times, recalled training with Lobach and the down times that took them to Linda’s bar in downtown Chapel Hill for trivia nights. They stayed in touch after her commission as a Black Hawk pilot, he said.

The Army had initially withheld Rebecca Lobach’s name at the family’s request, but they released a statement on Saturday confirming her identity

The Army has identified the third soldier who was inside the Black Hawk helicopter involved in Wednesday’s deadly American Airlines plane crash that killed 67 people.