1A military campaign conducted using troops on the ground.
the soldiers prepared to repel a ground attack intended to breach the walls
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Their forces have mounted new ground attacks in the city.
As many as 1,400 were killed in air and ground attacks, many of them civilians.
Both the air strikes and the ground attack took place close to the oilfields.
When the ground attack did come, they were tricked by a feint to land troops by sea on the nearby shore.
Air strikes weakened them to the point that a ground attack was possible.
They could widen the offensive to include a ground attack.
He feels a ground attack would be fruitless without the naval transport to sustain a further advance.
I expected an air campaign in advance of a ground attack, but the two were conflated.
He marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing the aerial assault with a sustained ground attack.
Rebels repelled a conventional ground attack and managed to kill hundreds of soldiers.
1.1A military campaign conducted by aircraft against targets on the ground.
as modifiersix RAF Harrier ground attack aircraft
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Air power's ground attack role becomes more important as the war turns conventional.
The flight line is crowded with ground attack jets.
It's an advanced two-seat weapons systems trainer with enhanced ground attack capability.
In the future, the role of ground attack aviation in providing direct air support should be expected to decline gradually.
The RAF carried out virtually every role fulfilled by modern aircraft: ground attack, artillery spotting, interdiction of enemy lines of communication, strategic bombing.
The mission of the aircraft is ground attack against tanks, armoured vehicles, and installations.
These planes were restricted to reconnaissance and ground attack due to the limited performance of their engines.
Their missions include air superiority, air and maritime surveillance, regional air defense, and precision ground attack.
A typical load for a ground attack mission would be 12 missiles.
These aircraft were originally designed to perform ground attack missions, and would require only modest modification to deliver nuclear weapons.