A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Anuradhapura_Air_Force_Base" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base">raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base</a> is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and ten damaged.