The bombs were typically used to destroy airfields.

The next day, North Carolina destroyed coastal defense guns, antiaircraft batteries, and airfields at Ponape.

Next would come Stealth bombers, which would destroy the remaining radar and airfields with SRAM II's, then hit underground command posts with bombs.

The Luftwaffe operated by advancing in front of the German army to destroy French airfields and industrial complexes.

Soviet bombers tried in vain to destroy German airfields to relieve the pressure.

The objective of Operation Agreement was to undermine the Axis war effort in North Africa by destroying airfields, harbour facilities, ships, vehicles and large oil stores.

Later, Hitler and Hermann Göring sent saboteurs to destroy Swiss airfields, but the sabotage team was captured by the Swiss army before it could cause any damage.

Furthermore, destroying airfields, although not necessarily required to complete a mission, would stop opposing MiG-29 fighters from being ordered by the AI-controlled commander to destroy the player's aircraft.

Their aircraft acquitted themselves pretty well, if all the reports about attacked Libyan bases and destroyed airfields are all attributed to them.

After the initial waves had landed, her planes shifted from combat support to bombing and strafing missions to destroy Japanese airfields on nearby Halmahera.