The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into a passenger jet in Washington, D.C., has finally been identified. 

The pilot, according to Breitbart News, is Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach.

Information about her background is now beginning to come to light.

It turns out, for example, that she served as a White House social aide during the Biden administration.

Background

In the days since the crash, speculation has exploded about what exactly led to the crash that claimed the lives of over 60 Americans. President Donald Trump, for example, has suggested that the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies of the previous administration might have played a role.

The speculation only intensified when the Army refused to release the name of one of the three service members in the Black Hawk helicopter. The names of the two of these individuals - Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O'Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Ga. and Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Md. - were released quickly.

The third individual's name, however, was not released until Saturday. The big question is why was there a delay.

The immediate answer is that there was a delay because Lobach's family asked for one. The next question is why they asked for one.

The answer to this question is less clear.

Here's what we know:

As mentioned at the outset, what we do know - for sure - is that Lobach worked in some capacity for the Biden administration.

CBS News reports:

Lobach also served as a White House social aide during the Biden administration, Brown said. Just last month, she escorted Ralph Lauren through the White House when he was among those awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by former President Joe Biden.

Further specifics about this relationship with the Biden White House have yet to be reported. Perhaps the bigger question in all of this, though, is whether Lobach was qualified to be piloting the helicopter.

NBC News reports:

The U.S. Army said Lobach was an aviation officer in the Army from July 2019 until last month. Lobach's family said in a statement shared by the Army that was a certified pilot-in-command with more than 450 hours of flight time. She was also a former platoon leader and company executive officer in the 12th Aviation Battalion, Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, who volunteered to work at the White House.

There is no doubt that more details about Lobach's background will continue to be released in the coming days.