The Army on Friday released the names of two male aviators who were killed when their Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet on Wednesday night. But in an extraordinary step, the Army did not identify the third crew member, a female pilot, citing her family’s request for privacy.

The Army identifiies two soldiers aboard the Black Hawk that collided midair with American Airlines plane on Wednesday. Third soldier's ID being held.

The U.S. Army on Friday released the names of two of the soldiers killed when the military Black Hawk in which they were flying collided with a passenger jet, but said, in an unusual decision, that they were not releasing the third name at the request of the family.

The Army’s break with protocol came at the request of the soldier’s family, and after President Donald Trump criticized the Black Hawk crew involved in the collision.

A passenger jet hit an Army helicopter with three soldiers as the plane got ready to land at Reagan National near Washington, D.C.

The United States Army has identified two of the three soldiers involved in the fatal helicopter crash into a commercial airliner near Reagan International Airport in Washington D.C.