Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed the three soldiers who were aboard the chopper were a “fairly experienced crew” doing a “required annual night evaluation.”

The call sign was reported as PAT25 which is a specific call sign for the transportation of VIPs in DC area.

PAT US Army Priority Air Transport (Andrews AFB)

Why would a training flight use that call sign? Wouldn’t a different call sign be used if it was just a training evaluation flight?