bombing run

1. 1.

   that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs

   Broaderbombing

   Narrowerdive-bombingloft bombing

Questions about bombing run

What does bombing run mean?

bombing run means "that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs".

Is bombing run a common word?

bombing run is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.