bombing run

Photo reconnaissance is not the same thing as a bombing run.

But Iraqi planes did very few deep bombing runs and little close air support of its troops.

The planes, which appear to be F-16's, usually make one pass over a target and then return for a bombing run.

The picture is much bigger than a "3 minute" bombing run.

The following morning, 31 December, an enemy aircraft came in on a bombing run.

The third would be a bombing run, probably by the younger opponents.

Other former officials say fewer bombing runs would be needed.

This was a second bombing run, sure as anything, in case they missed the first time.

Sometimes, though, they can be hard to see during the daylight on a 400-knot bombing run.

If Mike, who apparently didn't care, was the only one on board they'd have taken off like a fighter climbing out of a bombing run.