Israeli F-16 warplane crashes in West Bank

[The One and Only Mo]

JERUSALEM (AFP) - An Israeli F-16 fighter jet crashed in the West Bank on Sunday, killing its pilot, the son of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who died in the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster, officials said.
The single-seat warplane crashed in a remote hilly region south of the West Bank city of Hebron, the military said, adding that it was not immediately clear what caused the accident.

Military officials named the pilot as Lieutenant Assaf Ramon, the eldest son of Colonel Ilan Ramon, an Israeli fighter pilot who became the country's first and only astronaut.

Ilan Ramon was killed along with six others when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over the US state of Texas six years ago.

In interviews after the Columbia disaster, Assaf Ramon said that he, too, hoped to become an astronaut. He graduated from the Israeli air force pilot's course earlier this year.

The military said the aircraft crashed during a routine flight as part of the advanced pilot training course.

[Irish Zionist]

I wouldn't be surprised if some Muslim scum shot it down. I would have loved it to have crashed into a Muslim neighborhood killing many Muslims. Lets pray for this Hero.

[The One and Only Mo]

He's resting with his father now. Two heroes.

[Secularbeliever]

I wouldn't be surprised if some Muslim scum shot it down.<<

I sure hope not.  That would be a mega disaster if the Arabs in Judea and Samaria have the ability to shoot down fighter jets.

[Zelhar]

It's a tragic accident.

[New Yorker]

My heart goes out to that family what an overwhelming loss, to lose a father and a son, there must be a huge void in their world for them.

[muman613]

Baruch Dayan Emet

 

This young man is a hero who surely deserves to spend Gan Eden with his father.

[Kahane-Was-Right BT]

Baruch Dayan HaEmet.

Well if that was supposed to be routine and it was a mechanical failure, that would be 2 malfunctions of F-16's in Israel in a matter of a few weeks.  (or less).