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Old 04-13-2010, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by dojetdriver View Post
It not only talks about the mission itself, but the pilots that were selected to fly the first Israeli F-16's as well as the huge amount of intel gathered by the Mossad that played a key role in the success of the mission. Sad that one of the guys that flew the mission was killed in the Columbia accident.
The program actually had a bit on this factor - some real movie stuff going on.
Come to find out - he was the youngest pilot on the mission - 24 years old!

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