tactical bombing
1Tactical bombing — uses aircraft to attack troops and military equipment in the battle zone. This is in contrast to strategic bombing, which attacks an enemy s cities and factories to debilitate the enemy s capacity to wage war as well as the civilian population s… …
2Tactical bomber — A tactical bomber is a relatively small aircraft used in the battle zone to attack troops and military equipment for tactical bombing.Tactical bombers of note include: ;World War II * B 26 Marauder * B 25 Mitchell* DeHavilland Mosquito * Hawker… …
3Bombing of Berlin in World War II — Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany, was subject to 363 air raids during World War II. [Taylor References Chapter Thunderclap and Yalta Page 216] It was bombed by the RAF Bomber Command between 1940 and 1945, and by the USAAF Eighth Air Force… …
4bombing — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombardment, shelling, air attack; see attack 1 . Methods of bombing include: air bombing, high altitude bombing, precision bombing, saturation bombing, carpet bombing, wave bombing, dive bombing, skip bombing, low level… …
5bombing — Synonyms and related words: air cover, air raid, air support, area bombing, blitz, carpet bombing, cover, dive bombing, dry run, high altitude bombing, low altitude bombing, milk run, mission, precision bombing, reconnaissance, reconnaissance… …
6bombing — n. area; around the clock; carpet; dive; indiscriminate, random; pin point, precision; saturation; shuttle; strategic; tactical bombing * * * [ bɒmɪŋ] around the clock carpet dive: indiscriminate pin point precision random saturation shuttle …
7Tactical Air Command — emblem Active 1946–1992 Country …
8tactical — ► ADJECTIVE 1) done or planned to gain a specific military end. 2) (of bombing or weapons) done or for use in immediate support of military or naval operations. Often contrasted with STRATEGIC(Cf. ↑strategically). 3) planned in order to achieve… …
9Bombing of Libya (1986) — Operation El Dorado Canyon Part of the Cold War …
10Bombing of Libya — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Operation El Dorado Canyon (April 1986) caption=A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F 111F aircraft takes off to participate in an air strike on Libya. date=April 15, 1986 place=Libya casus= result=Tactical U.S.… …
