Very sad, his father also was on the mission that took out the Iraq reactor.
I am certain his son would have served the cause of civilization equally well.
Six years after his father Ilan Ramon died in the fatal Columbia space shuttle mission, Capt. Assaf Ramon was killed on Sunday when the Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jet he was piloting crashed into the southern Hebron Hills.
The IDF Spokesperson’s Office announced that Ramon would be posthumously awarded the rank of Captain.
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