Airstrike

An airstrike or air strike is an attack on a specific objective by military aircraft during an offensive mission. Air strikes are commonly delivered from aircraft such as fighters, bombers, ground attack aircraft, and attack helicopters. The official definition includes all sorts of targets, including enemy air targets, but in popular use the term is usually narrowed to a tactical (small-scale) attack on a ground or naval objective. Weapons used in an airstrike can range from machine gun bullets and missiles to various types of bombs. It is also commonly referred to as an air raid.

In close air support, air strikes are usually controlled by trained observers for coordination with friendly ground troops in a manner derived from artillery tactics.

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Airstrike (disambiguation)

An airstrike is a military strike by air forces or other military aviation assets against an enemy ground position.

Airstrike may also refer to:

Dmitri Bukharin

Dmitri Bukharin, also known as the Crimson Dynamo and Airstrike, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

While he was not the first or last character to go by the Crimson Dynamo name, he spent the longest time using the identity and armor.

Publication history

He first appeared in Iron Man #109 (April 1978), created by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Carmine Infantino.

Fictional character biography

Dmitri was born in Kuibyshev, Russia (some sources say Moscow). He was a KGB operative, who became the fifth Crimson Dynamo when the KGB stripped the previous Crimson Dynamo of his armor and gave it to Dmitri. Dmitri was sent to work with the Soviet Super-Soldiers, joining with teammates Darkstar and Vanguard. On the team's first recorded mission, they went to investigate a signal coming from the Blue Area of the Moon, and were shot by Rigellians who mistook them for their enemies, the Knights of Wundagore. When Jack of Hearts and Iron Man arrived to investigate, the Crimson Dynamo thought it was they who had attacked and fought the heroes. When the Super-Soldiers received a transmission from their superiors, they worked alongside Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. to combat the Rigellians. The conflict came to an end when one of the Rigellians' Recorders relieved the fleet commander of his command.