Ground Fire

This means that air - and ground-fire missions, both important in a defensive strategy, run counter to the doctrine of protecting population. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The spider's faster metabolism would fan the sickness the way a strong wind fans a low ground-fire into a forest-gobbling blaze. ❋ King, Stephen (2004)

All went well until witnesses reported seeing ground-fire. ❋ Unknown (1990)

These new tactics had a significant effect in reducing ground-fire hits. ❋ Buckingham, William A. (1982)

June 27, 1965, while on final approach, Jackson's C123 started receiving ground-fire and subsequently crashed. ❋ Unknown (1965)

For days, as the poorly armed rebel fighters retreated hundreds of kilometres in the face of Gadhafi's overwhelming air- and ground-fire, Libyans in Benghazi insisted they would fight to the death rather than cede their newfound freedom to Gadhafi. ❋ Mitch Potter (2011)

On that occasion, he demanded that the pilot ignore the threat of ground-fire from Russian forces and land directly in Tbilisi; the pilot refused, and chose to land in Azerbaijan. ❋ Denis Dutton (2010)

"Our men had beaten out the ground-fire half-way to the miners, when a terrific rumbling sounded, as from a distance behind them. ❋ Lillian Elizabeth Roy (1900)