In the aftermath of this catastrophe, misinformation has spread like wildfire on social media, leading to the wrongful identification of Jo Ellis, a transgender Black Hawk pilot, as one of the ...

Jo Ellis was not flying the helicopter. The Army identified the Black Hawk crew as Ryan Austin O’Hara, Andrew Loyd Eaves and Rebecca M. Lobach.

Jo Ellis was not the co-pilot of the black hawk that collided with the American Airlines plane on Wednesday. As the misinformation spread online, Jo Ellis issued a statement via Facebook post ...

Pilot Jo Ellis no longer leaves her apartment in Richmond, Virginia without a firearm. Photo / AFP Gingerly placing a gun on ...

Jo Ellis's record of service in the Virginia National Guard appears to be nothing but honorable. She served in Iraq as a helicopter door gunner, then in Kuwait as part of the multi-national fight ...

"I understand some people have associated me with the crash in D.C., and that is false," Jo Ellis, a Black Hawk pilot with the Virginia Army National Guard, said in the Facebook video. "It is ...

Extremism experts say a now-familiar playbook to scapegoat transgender people in the wake of high-profile tragedies is part of a political strategy to sow division and expand authoritarian control.