(October,22, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) LTTE attacks Anuradhapuram Air Force BaseAt 3.20am a special LTTE Black Tiger team of 21 men and women attacked the Sri Lankan Air Force Base in Anuradhapuram and destroyed and burnt down eight planes and helicopters, including reconnaissance planes and training planes. Following this attack, at 4.30am LTTE Air Force bombed the same Sri Lankan Air Force Base.The following is the list of air craft types belonging to the Sri Lankan Air Force that were totally destroyed by the LTTE: one training plane, two MI-24 Helicopters, one MI-17, one PT-6, one Bell-212, one Reconnaissance plane, one CTH-748.
The Black Tiger team is continuing their attack on the Anurathapuram air force base. The commander of the Air tigers has announced that the air tiger planes have returned to base safely following the attack.
In addition a helicopter that came to the assistance of the Sri Lankan Air Force from Vavuniya also crashed and was destroyed.
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