The F-16 pilots were Ze'ev Raz (who was later decorated by the Chief of Staff for his leadership), Amos Yadlin, Dobbi Yaffe, Hagai Katz, Amir Nachumi, Iftach Spector, Relik Shafir, and Ilan Ramon (who later became the first Israeli astronaut and died in the Columbia space shuttle disaster).
Decembra 1544 je dobil še angino pectoris.