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Israel Mourns Assaf Ramon, Astronaut's Son - ABC News

    Asaf Ramon, an Israeli Air Force captain, died Sunday when his FA fighter jet crashed into a hill during a training mission.

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    JERUSALEM Lt. Assaf Ramon, the son of Israel’s first astronaut, Col. Ilan Ramon, who died in the space shuttle Columbia disaster in , was killed Sunday when an FA plane he was piloting.

Israel Mourns Assaf Ramon, Astronaut's Son

JERUSALEM Sept. 14, 2009 — -- Every Israeli mother fears what Rona Ramon experienced Sunday: the news that her son has been killed during his mandatory military service. Assaf Ramon was 21 years old, killed when his F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise.

Assaf's death is a national tragedy, coming just six years after the death of his father, Ilan Ramon, who was considered a national hero for being Israel's first and only astronaut. Ilan Ramon was killed in the Columbia space shuttle explosion six years ago, when Assaf was 15 years old.

Shortly after his father's death, Assaf announced his dream of becoming a pilot. "I would like to share with him what he went through and how he felt. I believe it will make me feel closer to him," Assaf said in a 2004 interview with Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot.

Assaf will be buried next to his father today in the military cemetery in northern Israe

Son of Israel’s First Astronaut Dies During Air Force Course

    Lietenant Asaf Ramon, son of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, was killed Sunday when the F fighter jet he was flying crashed just south of Mount Hebron during a routine training exercise.
Ilan Ramon's son, Assaf, was also killed in an Air Force accident.
Lieutenant Assaf Ramon recently finished IAF pilots' course with honors, just as his father did 35 years ago.
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    Ilan and Assaf Ramon, International airport, Eilat, Israel

      An Israeli air force combat helicopter flies over the crash site of a F-16 warplane that was flown by Assaf Ramon, the son of an Israeli astronaut who died in the space shuttle Columbia disaster.

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  • Israel's political and military leaders joined friends and relatives of Assaf Ramon in mourning the young pilot on Sunday evening.
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  • Assaf Ramon was 21 years old, killed when his F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise.
  • Israel Mourns Assaf Ramon | Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

  • The son of Columbia pilot Willie McCool—Christopher McCool—was there, too.