Synonyms and related words :
air attack, air cover, air strike, air support, blitz, blitzkrieg, boarding, bombardment, bombing, cannonade, cover, dry run, escalade, fire raid, foray, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, lightning attack, lightning war, milk run, mission, raid, razzia, reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission, saturation raid, scaling, scramble, shuttle raid, sortie, strafe, strafing, training mission, umbrella,