The IDF spokesman says that Assaf Ramon participated in a training flight as part of an advanced training course - the stage after completing the pilot course
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Disasters continue to haunt the family home of Ilan Ramon, a colonel and pilot in the Air Force who perished as the Israeli astronaut while flying on the space shuttle Columbia. After the disaster in 2003, Ilan Ramon's parents died, as well as his brother-in-law. Today his son Assaf Ramon was killed when he participated in air combat training in an F16 model plane.
Below is the statement from the IDF spokesman
The Air Force pilot, Lieutenant Assaf Ramon, died today (Sunday) in the crash of an F16A plane, during a routine training flight south of Mount Hebron, near the settlement of Peni Hever. Assaf Ramon is the eldest son of the first Israeli astronaut and Air Force pilot, the late Col. Ilan Ramon, who died in the crash of the space shuttle "Columbia" on February 1, 2003.
Assaf Ramon participated in a training flight that took off from Nabatim base, as part of an advanced training course (the stage after completing the pilot course). His partner in the band reported that he saw the plane dive towards the ground. Large forces searched the area and finally located the body among the wreckage of the plane.
Assaf Ramon finished the Air Force's pilot course, as an outstanding trainee, at the end of last June and was assigned as a fighter pilot in the F-16 squadron. During the pilot's course, in March 2009, Asaf Ramon was rescued from a serious accident that occurred in the "Skyhawk" plane, in which he performed a training flight with a flight instructor. During the flight, the plane's engine went out and Asaf Ramon managed to land it with the help of the instructor's instructions and was praised for his performance during the incident.
Assaf Ramon was 15 years old when his father was killed in the crash of the space shuttle over the state of Texas, while its crew was trying to land it upon completion of its mission in space. After his father's death Assaf expressed his desire to follow his path and become a pilot in the Air Force. Today when news of the disaster came to Rona Ramon's house, Ilan's widow, the commander of the Air Force, Major General Ido Nehushtan, and the head of the ACA, Major General Avi Zamir, arrived to tell her the difficult news.
The commander of the Air Force appointed an investigative committee headed by an officer with the rank of colonel to investigate the circumstances of the incident. Also, all training flights of the array of F16A aircraft have been suspended until further notice.
Ilan Ramon was proud of his family
In an interview I conducted with the late Ilan Ramon In June 2002, about six months before the disaster, he mentioned his family several times. When I asked him what it was like to turn from a pilot whose job is more or less secret to a representative of Israel, he replied: "The feeling is strange, to go from a situation where you do not see your face and no one knows what you are doing, to a situation where you are exposed, also in the media and not only you but also your family members It's a big change. But I think that perhaps the privilege that was given to me and thanks to which I get through it quite easily, is that we are doing something positive and I am happy to share it with the entire Israeli people through the media."
In response to the question of who will be waiting for you on your return, Ramon answered: "The family. With them I am ready to walk through fire and water." Today's disaster showed that his son internalized this message and tried to follow in his father's footsteps and become a fighter pilot.
At a press conference held in Houston after the disaster, said Assaf Ramon, then 15 years old, because he hopes to become an astronaut and continue his father's legacy. Today these words take on a chilling meaning.
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may them rest in peace
Poor men, may the male be blessed!! That they didn't know anymore..
I wish you, dear Ramon family, that you will never know any more sorrow, grief, or pain!!
Simply the salt of the earth God takes the best his soul in heaven
May their memory be blessed (Assaf + Ilan).
The case with Assaf could have been avoided if our decision makers had not been so stupid.
what a heartache)):
It just doesn't catch on!
What a man in every way
Just a plucked flower :[
Beautiful description both inside and out
May his memory rest in heaven!!!
terribly sad :(
They didn't know any more
Their world is a shambles!!
My heart is torn.. :(
that they knew no more sorrow
And the sorrow does not end……………..
A sweet, beautiful boy, truly the king of the world. I came to the general rehearsal just to see him get wings out of such great pride as if he were my son...
After a month I saw him at a restaurant in B.S. I wanted so badly to go over but I didn't want to bother, now I'm sorry I didn't go over and tell him how proud I was of him. May his breath be wrapped in the bundle of life, Amen.
May you know no more sorrow.. May his memory be blessed..
And regarding all the tactless commenters, no one asked you to express your grief out loud, but at least spare the nasty comments and don't comment at all..
Baruch Dayan the truth, T.N.C.B.H
It ruined my whole day when I heard about it (yesterday). Just awful, no words.
And please all commenters: don't turn this forum into a boxing ring, have some tact
Upon hearing the painful news, the mouth fell open for long moments. It hurts to the point of real tears.
generation, it was said in the various media that it was apparently a human factor in the accident and not a technical fault.
It seems to me that something physiological did happen to paralyze him, for example a loss of consciousness. Both for the reason that he did not answer the call and also that the plane continued to dive as if there was no pilot. But the reason will be discovered by those who investigate.
Absolutely sad..the damned irony..but..you didn't say the reason for his hairdo...is anyone willing to say?
We all mourn and grieve the family's sorrow.
May you know no more sorrow.
And as for "Baniho", I am ashamed that people like you share a country with me.
You don't deserve the protection you get from the IDF.
I wish that many more armies would have an army like ours.
You sit at home, a judge visits and seemingly tries to intervene in what is right or wrong to do. While you are nothing more than an ignoramus and with the people of the country who do not understand a single thing about security, the dangers that lie with us - also for you, sitting at home, and what is required to achieve this.
You are an "enemy from home", as they wrote here before.
Thanks for your comment, there were a few comments I thought about deleting but none got that far. As the son of a holocaust survivor, I am unable to leave a comment that compares the IDF to the Nazis and more knowing about a tragic event.
Those who know my opinion know that I am not right-wing at all, but I believe that nothing will happen if we are nevertheless in favor of Israel, in its existential struggle.
"For your destroyers and your destroyers came from you"
There have always been among us such "Benyaho" types, with self-hatred that is the subject of psychological research.
Gideon
If he was an excellent pilot then why did he crash
I understood that boys from sound families cannot serve in positions with high risk
Were there correct considerations here when they decided to train Assaf as a fighter pilot
Was the decision taken from the gut and did they decide for the sake of the show to become an excellent
An investigative committee outside the Air Force is really needed here
A true Job. Tragedy follows tragedy. It is terrible. There is nothing to pity and pain for his death and the death of his father - they no longer feel anything. The family is the one who has to deal with the grief and the heavy loss. I hope Assaf's mother and Ilan's wife will find the strength to deal with this monster.
It is also interesting to discover that the science site has many quiet readers who only respond in rare and especially painful cases like this. It is also interesting to see the religious contexts that are made (comments 23-21, 12, 9-6, 3). I also mentioned Job from the Bible at the beginning of my response. In times of difficult crisis we easily find religious connections for the purposes of explanation or healing.
This pain, growing pain, comes to expand our spirituality. To tell us that enough is enough with materialism, enough to worship matter. To wake us up to what is really important - the soul, the emotion, the love. It's not just that God takes special people from us, and also acquaintances. So that it hurts us, and something changes as a result, within each of us, for the better.
May your memory be blessed - Assaf Ramon, a magical guy.
Now he is with his father up there...
This terrible disaster and all the disasters that happen in every corner only show that the redemption of the people of Israel is very close. Because how much worse can it be? There is nowhere else to go down, it is terrible, terrible and terrible. From here one can only go up. This is, this is the end of this terrible exile, and the late Asaf Ramon, who is now close to God, will rise to life together with his unforgettable father and with all the murdered, may God restore their blood. And we will all meet soon in Jerusalem.
What a shame!
Instead of randomness becoming irrational, it meets the rationality of non-randomness. We are not able to understand it. We can only hurt her, once, and again, and again...
Of blessed memory.
Of blessed memory.
Condolences to the family.
Painful and strange!!
may them rest in peace
cutting edge
🙁
We remembered Maoud Atzov with blessing
hard to believe!
The late Assaf Ramon
Go slowly, my father, here, I spread my wings to you,
Your witness raises a chicken, to embrace my passionate longing,
Hurry to me, my mother, before you upset my soul,
I bow my head to you, I gather my soul to the skies.
I shed a tear for you my mother's sadness, you are so far away,
The happiness of my tears on my way to you, my father,
From above I am your witness, riding on the clouds of my longings,
Hug me to you, even if I left my mother alone,
And she, her tears for me flow in a deafening pain to you.
That I am not your hands, my mother, that I am not the god of your love on high,
Go slowly father, here I am before you,
My pain to you my mother, I look down on you,
Embrace your love from above,
I love you mom, hello dad,
Hello mother, I have closed my days,
in the arms of your love - my love,
And so high together, you and I,
You are not alone anymore my father,
hug you down there mom,
And here I am with you here - my father,
take it easy mother
I am here and I have come to you - my father...
I loved you my mother…
Poor Huey may his soul rest in heaven
A real tragedy. May Yatan and his family know no more sorrow.
Just sad, my heart hurts so much.
rip.
Of blessed memory! I'm sure his soul is in heaven
Only God knows and decides what will happen
What a stinking world, like Rabak, the father, the parents, the brother-in-law, and now the son, what's going on?
Baruch Dayan, the truth... he was a very smart and good person
Poor man, may his memory be blessed
How many victims in the family poor man was a good guy.
my heart hurts!!!
Chilling, that they no longer knew sorrow, T.N.C.B.H..
Of blessed memory!!!
How painful it is...
That they knew no more sorrow:
Very sad ,
that they knew no more sorrow