ground attack
Low-altitude offensive strike
Ground attack is military action conducted against targets on the earth's surface, whether by aircraft striking from above or by land forces engaging enemies directly.
The term distinguishes surface operations from air-to-air combat or naval warfare: The squadron specialized in ground attack missions.
In sports, particularly American football, ground attack refers to a team's running game as opposed to passing: Their ground attack averaged five yards per carry.
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
- strafingAerial gunfire at ground
- blitzkriegFast, overwhelming military campaign
- shock and aweSwift dominance through firepower
- howitzersHigh-angle artillery weapons
gunship · shock tactics · flanking maneuvers · urban combat · kill zone · counteroffensive · artillery barrage · mortars · combined arms · fighter-bombers · ambush · infiltration · napalm · drones · rocket launchers · aircraft · fighter jets · mechanized infantry
- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- Air Combatair strike, airstrikes, fighter pilot, bombing run, combat aircraft
- attacksassault, raid, strike, offensive, charge
- offensive tacticsblitz, raid, rush, sweep, drive
- WWI Aviationair combat, aerial combat, dogfights, fighter pilots, ace pilots
- aviation threatshijacking, skyjacking, bomb threat, terrorism, explosive
ground attackair attack
Offensive from aircraft
aerial attack · naval attack · air-to-air combat · aerial combat · air strike
ground attackdefensive position
Fortified spot for resistance
fortification · entrenchment · defensive perimeter · retreat · territorial defense
attack, ground, background, underground, grounds, attacked, attacker, grounded, attacking