ground fire
Low burning flames
Ground fire is gunfire directed upward from the surface at aircraft.
Military pilots and helicopters face ground fire from enemy troops, anti-aircraft guns, or insurgents: The helicopter took ground fire and had to make an emergency landing.
In firefighting, ground fire refers to fire burning in the organic layer of forest soil, distinct from surface fires burning above ground.
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- blazeIntense burning fire
- underbrushDense low forest vegetation
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
- smoke jumperFirefighter who parachutes in
embers · controlled burn · suppression · forest · burning · burn scar · antiaircraft · flak · tracer · hostile · combat · hot zone · firefight · smolder · scorched · brush · kindling · spread
- forest damagewildfires, bark beetle, bark beetles, clear cutting, clear-cutting
- fire scienceignition, combustion, flames, burning, pyrolysis
- fire hazardsgasoline, matches, lighters, blaze, faulty wiring
- helicoptershelicopters, helicopter ride, chopper, rotorcraft, copter
- fire statesablaze, afire, aflame, alight, blazing
- air defensesurface-to-air missile, air defense, anti-aircraft, anti-aircraft guns, Stinger
ground firecrown fire
Blaze spreading through treetops
ground fireair support
Aircraft aiding ground forces
air strike · strafing · aerial bombardment · bombing · anti-aircraft fire
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