17 aircrafts damaged in Anuradhapura.
(LeN, 2007 October 06, 1.45 PM) The damage caused by the LTTE air and ground dual attack on the Anuradhapura Air Base this morning has been guessed a staggering US $ 25 million, the highest loss in the Sri Lanka Air Force history.
Unconfirmed reports say 17 air craft damaged by the attack and that the damaged fleet includes a Rs. 2.5 billion beach craft which can be airborne for a long time.
The damaged fleet, according to sources, contains one beach craft, one Bell helicopter, two MI-24 assault helicopters, one MI-17 transport helicopter, others are K-8 training aircrafts and Cessna light aircrafts.
But Air Force media spokesman deny this figures
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