bomb run

American  

Or bombing run

noun

1. the part of a bombing mission between the sighting of the target or its identification by electronic instruments and the release of the bombs.

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Etymology

Origin of bomb run

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

“That particular day … the fighters that were to meet us before the bomb run didn’t get there,” Sedgeley said.

From Washington Times • Apr. 18, 2021

As the one-minute Spokane bomb run began, the wind was at a steady 50 knots.

From Time Magazine Archive

The B-36 was just swinging into its bomb run ten minutes from the target when the first fighters flashed down.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the 169 newsmen converging on Bikini, only three reporters and a half-dozen photographers will actually fly over the target when the bomb run is made.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yossarian came in carefully on his second bomb run because he was brave then.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller