Airstrike

An airstrike is a military strike by air forces on an enemy ground position, which depending on the selected tactics may or may not be followed up by artillery, armor, or infantry units. Airstrikes are commonly delivered from aircraft such as bombers, ground attack aircraft, or strike fighters. Weapons used in an airstrike can range from machine gun bullets, to missiles, and to various types of bombs such as nuclear bombs. They are often used in strategic bombing.

Para-bombs were extensively used by the USSR in Great World War II, dropped out of Badger bombers, in accordance with the Soviet air superiority doctrine. GDI has also used airstrikes in their campaign against Nod in late twentieth century. It was carried out by a number of A-10 Warthog ground support planes. The concept of airstrikes is once again used by them in the Third Tiberium War, and is carried out by a number of Orca aircraft.

Of course, Nod has also noticed the useability of these operations and uses specially designed bombers to deliver a variety of their special weapons to the battlefields.