bombing run

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The Free Burma Rangers said their volunteers watched from a distance as jets made two bombing runs on Thursday over Lay Wah, one of the attacked villages in Karen state’s Mutraw district, also called Papun.

From Seattle Times

In all, Iraqi warplanes flew seven bombing runs.

From New York Times

The Hmeimeem base is home to Russian warplanes that have for years been used to stage bombing runs against Assad’s opponents as well as suspected hideouts of the Islamic State group.

From Seattle Times

The restrictions have rendered the old-school bombing runs on tank factories and shipyards of past wars unnecessary, Mr. Klein wrote.

From New York Times

American F-15 attack jets made repeated bombing runs on a riverbank where scores of women, children and wounded people had taken shelter.

From New York Times