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Columbia victims son dies in F-16 crash

  • 13-09-2009 11:36pm
    #1
    Steyr
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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8253465.stm

    An Israeli F-16 fighter jet has crashed in the West Bank, killing the pilot.

    The 21-year-old pilot, Assaf Ramon, was the son of Israel's only astronaut, Ilan Ramon, who died in the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia in 2003.

    Sunday's crash took place in a hilly area south of the city of Hebron, military officials said.

    The jet was on a routine training flight, they added. There is no word on why it went down. Search and rescue crews are at the scene.

    Ilan Ramon - who was a former fighter pilot himself - is regarded as a national hero in Israel, and media broke into their normal broadcasts to report his son's death.

    An unidentified Palestinian told Israeli TV that the plane had flown low over the southern West Bank before crashing.

    "There was a huge fire," the eyewitness said.

    Lt Assaf Ramon graduated from the Israeli air force pilot's course earlier this year.

    The military statement said he had excelled in his training course, and had been given his wings by President Shimon Peres.

    The Columbia disaster occurred on 1 February 2003.

    The space shuttle disintegrated during re-entry over the US state of Texas, killing all seven astronauts on board.



    Very sad.

    Does 21 seem very young for a fast jet pilot? Presumably things are a bit different in the IAF?


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  • #2
    donkey balls
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    Does 21 seem very young for a fast jet pilot? Presumably things are a bit different in the IAF?

    no not at all while i was training in the usa there was a guy from holland revaladating his cpl he is in the dutch AF and is an apache attack pilot who was going be trained in on the f16 by the usaf he was 23 yrs old


  • #3
    CantGetNoSleep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,300 ✭✭✭CantGetNoSleep


    Sad alright, but maybe the Israeli Air Force losing a plane will mean a few more Palestinian civilians survive


  • #4
    Steyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,266 ✭✭✭Steyr


    CantGetNoSleep wrote: »
    Sad alright, but maybe the Israeli Air Force losing a plane will mean a few more Palestinian civilians survive

    Oh god, same type of comments on Mil forum, MODS lock please?


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