The Iranamadu camp, where the two LTTE aircraft had returned after attacking Trincomalee Navy base on Tuesday night, was bombed immediately by the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Rohan Guntilake told The Island yesterday.
The Navy radar had detected the Tiger aircraft flying towards Trincomalee at a distance of 45 Km. on Tuesday. The Tigers dropped two bombs, of which only one exploded killing four Navy personnel and injuring 14. A section of the Navy base was damaged and two boats were destroyed.
Once the Navy base alerted the SLAF, a number of fighter jets were dispatched from the Katunayake air base but the terrorist aircraft had returned to the rebel controlled area by that time. Although Tuesday’s air attack was the sixth by the LTTE on vital targets the SLAF had not been able to pursue and destroy the two light planes operated by the terrorists.Source
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