Tragedy struck the family of late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon
again Sunday, when his son Captain Asaf Ramon was killed in a
crash while flying an Israel Air Force F16-A.  Ilan Ramon,
Israel's first astronaut was one of seven crew members killed
when the U.S. space shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry
on February 1, 2003.  Asaf Ramon's aircraft crashed near the
settlement of Bnei Haver, in the rugged terrain of the Hebron
Hills. The Israel Defense Forces carried out an aerial and
terrestrial search of the area for some 90 minutes before
locating the crash site.  IAF Blackhawk ("Yanshuf") helicopters
carrying soldiers from 669, the Air Force's elite search and
rescue unit, were the first to locate the plane, and they
retrieved the pilot's body.  At a press conference Sunday
evening, a grim-faced Brigadier General Yochanan Locker of the
Israel Air Force confirmed the circumstances of the crash.  "The
plane crashed during a routine training flight," Locker said.
"Helicopters, rescue forces from [elite un