The U.S. Army on Saturday released the name of the third soldier who died on a Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport this week,

The soldiers on the helicopter that collided with an American Airlines jet on Wednesday night were from the 12th Combat Aviation Battalion based in Virginia.

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.