![First picture of two Tamil Tigers Pilots and the plane who hit Air Force headquarters in Colombo » Wars in the World First picture of two Tamil Tigers Pilots and the plane who hit Air Force headquarters in Colombo » Wars in the World](http://www.tamilnet.com/img/publish/2009/02/LTTE_TAF_BT_76845_445.jpg)
First picture of two Tamil Tigers Pilots and the plane who hit Air Force headquarters in Colombo » Wars in the World
![Sri Lankan air force officers inspect the wreckage of an aircraft used by the Tamil Tiger rebels to launch an attack at Colombo after it was gunned down close to Katunayake International Sri Lankan air force officers inspect the wreckage of an aircraft used by the Tamil Tiger rebels to launch an attack at Colombo after it was gunned down close to Katunayake International](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2P941CF/sri-lankan-air-force-officers-inspect-the-wreckage-of-an-aircraft-used-by-the-tamil-tiger-rebels-to-launch-an-attack-at-colombo-after-it-was-gunned-down-close-to-katunayake-international-airport-about-20-kilometers-12-miles-north-of-colombo-sri-lanka-saturday-feb-21-2009-ap-photoeranga-jayawardena-2P941CF.jpg)
Sri Lankan air force officers inspect the wreckage of an aircraft used by the Tamil Tiger rebels to launch an attack at Colombo after it was gunned down close to Katunayake International
![A Tamil rebel fighter of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) patrols a road in rebel held territory of Kilinochchi, about 270 kilometers (169 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April A Tamil rebel fighter of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) patrols a road in rebel held territory of Kilinochchi, about 270 kilometers (169 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2b00tg8/sri-lanka-vellupillai-prabhakaran-1954-2009-founder-and-leader-of-the-liberation-tigers-of-tamil-eelam-ltte-the-liberation-tigers-of-tamil-eelam-commonly-known-as-the-ltte-or-the-tamil-tigers-is-a-separatist-organization-formerly-based-in-northern-sri-lanka-founded-in-may-1976-by-velupillai-prabhakaran-it-waged-a-violent-secessionist-campaign-that-sought-to-create-tamil-eelam-an-independent-state-in-the-north-and-east-of-sri-lanka-this-campaign-evolved-into-the-sri-lankan-civil-war-which-was-one-of-the-longest-running-armed-conflicts-in-asia-until-the-ltte-was-defeated-in-2009-2b00tg8.jpg)
A Tamil rebel fighter of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) patrols a road in rebel held territory of Kilinochchi, about 270 kilometers (169 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April
![WikiLeaks: After The Tiger Air Attack Sri Lanka Requested More Surveillance Assistance From US - Colombo Telegraph WikiLeaks: After The Tiger Air Attack Sri Lanka Requested More Surveillance Assistance From US - Colombo Telegraph](https://i2.wp.com/www.colombotelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/LTTE.jpg?fit=565%2C300&ssl=1)