Air Tigers

Tamil Eelam Air Force
வான்புலிகள்
ActiveMarch 26, 2007 - 18 May 2009
Country Tamil Eelam
BranchLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
TypeNon-state air force
RoleAerial reconnaissance
Airstrike
Close air support
Psychological warfare
Suicide attack
Tactical bombing
Size40 - 50
Part ofLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
ColorsBlue and White
EngagementsSri Lankan Civil War
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Colonel Shanker
Notable
commanders
Colonel Shanker, Kushanthan Master (POW), Achudan

The Tamil Eelam Air Force[1] or Sky Tigers (Tamil: வான்புலிகள்) was the air service branch of the Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who used it against the Government of Sri Lanka. They also called themselves the Tamileelam Air Force (TAF).[2] Though the existence of the Sky Tigers had been the subject of speculation for many years, the existence of the wing was only revealed after an attack in March 2007, during Eelam War IV.

  1. ^ "Tigers in the Air". 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Tigers in the Air". 3 February 2022.