target · fighter · cockpit · missile · squadron · intercept · guns · altitude · evasive · payload · trench · vector · engage · hostile · radar · throttle · descent · precision
attack runevasive action
Movement to escape harm
retreat · withdrawal · evasive maneuver · fallback · bug out
IDEA.org / Words / attack run
Related — sortie (Armed raid outward); strafe (shoot from above); dive (Headfirst water entry); bombing · approach · target · fighter · cockpit · missile · squadron · intercept · guns · altitude
offensive vs defensive actionattack run ≠ evasive action Movement to escape harm; retreat · withdrawal · evasive maneuver · fallback · bug out
engagement vs disengagementattack run ≠ abort End before completion; wave-off · break off · pull out · disengage · egress
active combat vs non-combat flightattack run ≠ training flight Educational aviation exercise; supply run · holding pattern
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/attack_run