Godspeed Captain Assaf Ramon
IDF Air Corps officer Lt. Assaf Ramon, 20, the son of Israel's first astronaut Ilan Ramon who died in the 2003 fatal Columbia mission, was killed on Sunday after the F-16 he was piloting crashed into the southern Hebron hills.
IDF Air Corps Chief Maj.-Gen. Ido Nehushtan and head of the IDF Manpower Division Avi Zamir personally went to the pilot's mother, Rona Ramon's house to deliver the news.
IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi also visited the Ramon residence early Sunday night to offer his condolences."
Lieutenant Assaf Ramon, has been promoted to the rank of captain, the Israel Defense Forces reported.
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