Son Of Israeli Astronaut Killed Dies in Air Force Crash

Jerusalem - Tragedy struck the family of late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon again Sunday, when his son Asaf Ramon was killed in a crash while flying an Israel Air Force aircraft. Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut was one of seven crew members killed when the U.S. space shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry on February 1, 2003. Asaf Ramon's aircraft crashed near the settlement of Bnei Haver, in the rugged terrain of the Hebron Hills. The Israel Defense Forces carried out an aerial and terrestrial search of the area for some 90 minutes before locating the crash site. IAF Blackhawk ("Yanshuf") helicopters carrying soldiers from 669, the Air Force's elite search and rescue unit, were the first to locate the plane, and they retrieved the pilot's body. Ilan Ramon himself was a fighter pilot in the IAF, was the youngest who took part in Israel's 1981 air strike on Iraq's unfinished Osirak nuclear reactor. He was also the son and grandson of Holocaust survivors. People in Israel had tracked Ramon's journey into space as a welcome distraction from the violence of the second intifada; they responded to his death with shock and grief.

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[IDF]

you muslims have nothing better to do in your lives then to fuck camels and go on youtube and look for videos and show your small ignorant brains in your comments. islam never gave the human kind and the world nothing except terror.

[tal112233]

NEKO2BOT!!! stop!!1 this video is not about politics!!!!! go to hamas video if you want talk about this!!!!

RIP Asaaf Ramon!!

[raduvaly87]

@menahem1 all jewish are like u! bad language...i was talking nice and look at u :)) that's why i hate jewish

[IDF]

@AFislander77 what did i say about asaf that was so wrong?

i respect him and the family.. i never said something bad about him...

[AFislander77]

@IDF what is wrong with you people? How can you stereotype people like this? He went to my school in TX and was very well-liked, he was just a kid when he died. Have some respect!

[polimarke]

Watch OCCUPATION 101... get to know the Judes and the Arabs better.

[menahem1]

@raduvaly87

Go f*ck your stinky mother...

Son of a bitch

[MrMarcus1959]

You palestinians. most of you don't have any recognition of life, you bring kids to the world which have no values and not respect for themselves nor for your proper children. I would not say that you are animales. since i realy care for animales. anyway don't aorry a lot of you disapear and die like flies. You are mostly identifies as the " zevel" of the human kind and so most of you will end up like.

you aill never do in your entire stupid life what great people do in their short life

[raduvaly87]

@raduvaly87 greetings*

[raduvaly87]

viva palestina ! greeting from romania

[royroy333]

@boredguy299 - no, i didnt realize gaza is a democracy, i just realized that you're too boring to have this discussion with. you probably live in some quiet place around the globe, with no wars, and you read once in wikipedia that "Palestine" is a democracy. you know, there's a country in Africa, called "The democratic republic of Congo". i'm sorry to disappoint you - its not a democracy. its a corrupted dictatorship. and your "democratic Palestine" is much like it - a very corruped entity.