Operation Winged Tiger
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| Operation Winged Tiger | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Nifon |
Army of the Dharma Yughana | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Itto Atsushi Maki Kojiro |
Azubuike IV Jelan Tobechukwu | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Tenshinhei
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Imperial Yughanan Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~100 Tenshinhei operators | Dozens of soldiers, several hijackers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Several wounded | Numerous, Yughanan Air Force crippled | ||||||
| Several hostages wounded | |||||||
Operation Winged Tiger (Nifonese: つばさとら さくせん, Tsubasatora Sakusen) was a Nifonese counter-terrorist operation executed in 1987 against the Army of Dharma and the Imperial Yughanan Army. The Army of Dharma had hijacked a plane carrying Nifonese passengers and were given asylum by the Yughanan government while holding the passengers for ransom. The effort was led by Maki Kojiro, the future Prime Minister and current Shogun of Nifon. It is widely considered to have been one of the most daring special force raids in military history. Subsequent to the operation, Azubuike IV ordered a purge of government officials in Yughana whom he alleged had conspired with the Nifonese against him, resulting in a campaign of widespread mass killings, looting and sexual violnce.