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No. 107, a veteran of the
Osirak raid, takes off from
Nevatim Air Base (above)
in October 2010.the “A” team In a post-
raid photo of the IAF pilots
(opposite), llan Ramon
stands at left, while Zeev
Raz is seated at bottom left.