The phrase "aerial strike" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in military or defense contexts to refer to an attack carried out from the air, typically by aircraft or drones.
Example: "The military conducted an aerial strike on the enemy's supply lines to disrupt their operations."
Alternatives: "airstrike" or "air attack".
In March, 2006, after an aerial strike on some huts near a remote wadi, Charlie Company and other Rakkasans flew in to the settlement.
In a third case, the chief of staff ordered disciplinary action against an officer who ordered an aerial strike on a militant involved in launching rockets.
His comments come the day after David Cameron revealed that an unprecedented aerial strike in Syria had killed two Britons fighting alongside Islamic State (Isis).
Thus, alongside the hit on Al-Jabari, Israel carried out a comprehensive aerial strike on more than fifteen different sites where Hamas was known to store the missiles.
The missiles appeared to have been launched from territory controlled by NATO forces across the border in Afghanistan, the second deadly aerial strike in a month.
Mr. Gates's goal is to save $100 billion over the next several years and use that money to continue the Pentagon's modernization programs, including the design of a new nuclear missile submarine and long-range aerial strike systems.
But he said that French aerial strikes were continuing against militants farther north.
Both air forces have carried out almost all the aerial strikes on the opposition-controlled east of the city.
Sudan's government says it is engaged in aerial strikes against rebels seeking refuge in the mountain villages.
"According to eyewitnesses at the scene, regime planes launched aerial strikes in the vicinity of university facilities," said the statement from the department's spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland.
The Fordow site, Mr. Albright added, is "heavily fortified" and "less vulnerable to aerial strikes" than the sprawling Natanz enrichment plant in the desert.
