May 22, 2013
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An air strike is an attack on a specific objective by military aircraft during an offensive mission. Air strikes are commonly delivered from aircraft such as fighters, bombers, ground attack aircraft, and attack helicopters. The official definition includes all sorts of targets, including enemy air targets, but in popular use the term is usually narrowed to tactical attack on a ground or naval objective. Weapons used in an airstrike can range from machine gun bullets, missiles, to various types of bombs. Also commonly referred to as an air raid.
In close air support, air strikes are usually controlled by trained observers for coordination with friendly ground troops in a manner derived from artillery tactics.
(via Freebase)
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![Israeli air strike kills two Hamas security officers in Gaza [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-10778000/10778560/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=023a49912d201f5efaf292c93eca83f4)
![Seven dead in PKK ambush of Turkish military convoy [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-10655000/10655459/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=6813db2016b0932ef8ba1e30f010c18f)
![US assassination drone strike kills three in northwestern Pakistan [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-9073000/9073591/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=617456c71e30409f729e08b2609608e5)
![US asked to hand over drone footage or face UN inquiry [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-9012000/9012672/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=4f4d5bb58cb50ef878fc19f60fbf6e74)
![Israeli drone strike kills one Palestinian east of Gaza City [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-7018000/7018225/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=68fb0cc71035a1a2fae881ebe9c8691d)
![NATO air strike kills five civilians in Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-6567000/6567205/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=9a030ac953f0c2db15c3ee02dc8bb775)
![Renewed Israeli air strikes on Gaza raise death toll to nine [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-5992000/5992389/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=015f6423d10877a2633869430e8db68c "Palestinian carry the body of a militant Ghalib Rmelat during his funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip June 20, 2012: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa")