HATZERIM, ISRAEL - JUNE 25: This handout file photo provided by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on September 13, 2009 shows Asaf Ramon, son of Israel's first astronaut Ilan Ramon who died when space shuttle Columbia crashed in 2003, being greeted by Israeli President Shimon Peres during a ceremony when he was awarded his air force pilot wings on June 25, 2009 at the Hatzerim base in southern Israel. Asaf Ramon was killed September 13, 2009 when his F16-A jet fighter crashed during a training exercise over the West Bank. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

HATZERIM, ISRAEL - JUNE 25: This handout file photo provided by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on September 13, 2009 shows Asaf Ramon, son of Israel's first astronaut Ilan Ramon who died when space shuttle Columbia crashed in 2003, being greeted by Israeli President Shimon Peres during a ceremony when he was awarded his air force pilot wings on June 25, 2009 at the Hatzerim base in southern Israel. Asaf Ramon was killed September 13, 2009 when his F16-A jet fighter crashed during a training exercise over the West Bank.

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  8. Escorted by a bodyguard, Israel's President Shimon Peres (C) leaves a room after a meeting with Brazilian soccer striker Ronaldo, at a hotel in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2009. Peres is in a four-day official visit to Brazil.
  9. The coffin of late Israeli Air Force pilot Assaf Ramon, 21, is transported to the cemetery in Nahalal, in northern Israel near Nazareth, on September 14, 2009. Israel was in mourning following the death of Assaf, son of Ilan Ramon, the Jewish state's first and only astronaut, himself killed in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster. Assaf died on September 13 when the F-16 fighter jet he was flying crashed in the southern hills of the occupied West Bank.
  10. The coffin of late Israeli Air Force pilot Assaf Ramon, 21, is transported to the cemetery in Nahalal, in northern Israel near Nazareth, on September 14, 2009. Israel was in mourning following the death of Assaf, son of Ilan Ramon, the Jewish state's first and only astronaut, himself killed in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster. Assaf died on September 13 when the F-16 fighter jet he was flying crashed in the southern hills of the occupied West Bank.
  11. The coffin of late Israeli Air Force pilot Assaf Ramon, 21, is transported to the cemetery in Nahalal, in northern Israel near Nazareth, on September 14, 2009. Israel was in mourning following the death of Assaf, son of Ilan Ramon, the Jewish state's first and only astronaut, himself killed in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster. Assaf died on September 13 when the F-16 fighter jet he was flying crashed in the southern hills of the occupied West Bank.
  12. Israeli soldiers mourn at the grave of Asaf Ramon after his funeral at the cemetery near Nahalal, northern Israel September 14, 2009. Israel on Monday mourned the death of Asaf Ramon, the fighter pilot son of Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut and a victim of the 2003 Columbia space shuttle crash. Asaf Ramon, who was killed on Sunday in training accident, was laid to rest alongside his father.
  13. HATZERIM, ISRAEL - JUNE 25: In this handout file photo provided by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on September 13, 2009, Asaf Ramon, son of Israel's first astronaut Ilan Ramon who died when space shuttle Columbia crashed in 2003, is greeted by Israeli President Shimon Peres during a ceremony where he was awarded his air force pilot wings on June 25, 2009 at the Hatzerim base in southern Israel. Asaf Ramon was killed September 13, 2009 when his F16-A jet fighter crashed during a training exercise over the West Bank.
  14. HATZERIM, ISRAEL - JUNE 25: In this handout file photo provided by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on September 13, 2009 shows Asaf Ramon, son of Israel's first astronaut Ilan Ramon who died when space shuttle Columbia crashed in 2003, during a ceremony when he was awarded his air force pilot wings on June 25, 2009 at the Hatzerim base in southern Israel. Asaf Ramon was killed September 13, 2009 when his F16-A jet fighter crashed during a training exercise over the West Bank.
  15. HATZERIM, ISRAEL - JUNE 25: This handout file photo provided by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on September 13, 2009 shows Asaf Ramon, son of Israel's first astronaut Ilan Ramon who died when space shuttle Columbia crashed in 2003, being greeted by Israeli President Shimon Peres during a ceremony when he was awarded his air force pilot wings on June 25, 2009 at the Hatzerim base in southern Israel. Asaf Ramon was killed September 13, 2009 when his F16-A jet fighter crashed during a training exercise over the West Bank.
  16. Smoke billows from the crash site of an Israeli fighter jet as soldiers and policemen secure the area in the southern hills of Hebron in the West Bank on September 13, 2009. An Israeli F-16 crashed in the West Bank, killing its pilot Assaf Ramon, the son of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who died in the 2003 space shuttle Columbia explosion, officials said.

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