Iranamadu Air Strip

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  tweezer

  I am guessing that this location is the LTTE air field captured 14 January 2009. I'm not sure what "Kurumbatti" is, so I'm leaving the title alone. Army Troops Find the 5th Runway - Iranamadu [http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090114_09] Army troops of 632 Brigade (18 Vijayaba Regiment and 20 Sinha Regiment) have found the 5th runway east of Iranamadu tank adjoining the old kandy road which runs via Olumadu today evening, 14 January. The runway complex is 50m wide and over 1000m long, the sources said. The runway is situated in the thick jungle with a massive bunker line and a trench line around the runway complex with mine fields and booby traps. A hanger has been found in the complex ...

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  Sri Lankan (guest)

  Army troops find 5th LTTE runway-Iranamadu [Updated] Army troops of 632 Brigade (18 Vijayaba Regiment and 20 Sinha Regiment) have found the 5th LTTE runway, east of Iranamadu tank adjoining the old Kandy road which runs via Olumadu today evening, 14 January. The runway complex is 50m wide and over 1000m long, the sources said. The runway is situated in the thick jungle with a massive bunker line and a trench line around the runway complex with mine fields and booby traps. A hanger has been found in the complex and it is said that the fleeing terrorists who were unable to with stand the firepower of Army troops have damaged the complex. The clearings operations are underway.

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  savesrilanka

  I think this is the most popular airstrip of LTTE. The Iranamadu airbase as chandrika Bandaranayaka when she was the president called as the second tsunami to sri lanka. |But that all history as iranamasu airstrip captured by SL army.

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