The military wing consisted of at least 11 separate divisions including the conventional fighting forces , Charles Anthony Brigade and Jeyanthan Brigade ; the suicide wing called the Black Tigers ; naval wing Sea Tigers , air-wing Air Tigers , LTTE leader Prabhakaran 's personal security divisions , Imran Pandian regiment and Ratha regiment ; auxiliary military units such as Kittu artillery brigade , Kutti Sri mortar brigade , Ponnamman mining unit and hit-and-run squads like Pistol gang . Charles Anthony brigade was the first conventional fighting formation created by LTTE . Sea Tiger division was founded in 1984 , under the leadership of Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan '' alias '' Soosai . LTTE acquired its first light aircraft in the late 1990s . Vaithilingam Sornalingam '' alias '' Shankar was instrumental in creating the Air Tigers . It carried out 9 air attacks since 2007 , including a suicide air raid targeting Sri Lanka Air Force headquarters , Colombo in February 2009 . LTTE is the only terrorist-proscribed organisation to acquire aircraft . LTTE intelligence wing consisted of Tiger Organisation Security Intelligence Service '' aka '' TOSIS , run by Pottu Amman , and a separate military intelligence division . It was forbidden for the LTTE members to consume tobacco and alcohol . Illicit sex was also prohibited . Each member carried a cyanide capsule with orders to use if captured
suicide air raid
2009 suicide air raid on Colombo
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam