[tarheelswamprat]

The news of the crash has been taken badly within the Nations defence forces, especially within the airforce who regarded Ilan Ramon as a legend. Ramon senior was a colonel in the airforce and was the first Israeli in space.

More importantly, he also led the 1981 Israeli squadron which destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak.

[Dan Middleton]

He didn’t lead the squadron, he was the least experienced pilot on the mission, the rookie flying “tail-end charlie.”