Major A., the navigator who was injured after his plane was shot down by a Syrian anti-aircraft missile a week and a half ago, has returned to his squadron. The commander of the Israel Air Force (IAF), Major General Amikam Norkin, accompanied him on his first flight back.

The pilot who was seriously injured in the same incident was released from the Rambam Hospital in Haifa earlier this week following an improvement in his condition.


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