But I've never known such a large aircraft to fly so low on a bomb run.

The result was that "the bombing inevitably crept back along the line of the bomb run."

Hawthorne tried to say something else, but he was quickly interrupted as the action of the B-52's bomb run began.

Despite the heavy opposition, the 99th made a highly successful bomb run.

In general, the bomb run needed to be only 30 seconds long.

"Most of your bomb runs are level radar bombing, right?"

After that the bomb run would be made by a drone plane.

One exploded but the others completed the bomb run and was able to return home.

"You spent three hours just to save twenty seconds on one bomb run?"

The crew shed their doubts and began to prepare for the bomb run.