anti-aircraft fire
Ground-to-air ordnance
Anti-aircraft fire is gunfire or missiles directed at enemy aircraft from the ground or from ships.
The term covers everything from machine guns to sophisticated missile systems.
In military contexts, it's often abbreviated as AAA (for anti-aircraft artillery) or called flak: The bomber took heavy anti-aircraft fire over the target.
- flakIntense hostile reaction
- tracerPath-marking projectile
- ack-ackAntiaircraft gunfire
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- shrapnelScattered explosion fragments
heavy flak · gunfire · searchlights · shells · bursts · explosions · batteries · cannons · radar · sirens · bombers · sky · night sky · night · blitz · salvos · pom-pom · ordnance
- naval warfarenaval battles, naval battle, battleship, destroyer, sea battles
- WWI Aviationair combat, aerial combat, dogfights, fighter pilots, ace pilots
- aviation hazardsbird strike, engine failure, icing, midair collision, pilot error
- naval gunnerynaval gun, cannons, gunnery drills, guns, naval guns
- fire controltargeting computer, tracking system, range finder, rangefinder, target acquisition
anti-aircraft fireground attack
Assault on land targets
strafing · aerial bombardment · bombing · air strike · close air support
anti-aircraft fireair assault
Attack delivered from aircraft
aerial attack · bombing run · air raid · strategic bombing · combat air patrol
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