Strafing is the military practice of attacking ground targets from low-flying aircraft using aircraft-mounted automatic weapons.[1] Less commonly, the term is used by extension to describe high-speed firing runs by any land or naval craft such as fast boats, using smaller-caliber weapons and targeting stationary or slowly-moving targets.[citation needed]
- ^ "Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 8 November" (PDF). Joint Publication 1-02. U.S. Department of Defense. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
strafing — The delivery of automatic weapons fire by aircraft on ground targets.