A pilot and his navigator ejected from their F-16 fighter jet during a landing at the Ramat David Air Base in the Jezreel Valley on Wednesday.The airmen escaped injury, and were taken for a medical examination.During the landing phase of the flight, the aircraft was traveling at around 300 kilometers an hour.
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