Helicopters are used during winter to drop explosives onto snow buildup zones above the road in order to cause controlled avalanches.
They could have taken potshots at his position or dropped explosives to obliterate him.
No dive bomber dropped explosives on her from the sky.
For the second day, American jets dropped explosives on Taliban positions along the northern front.
Some weave as they approach overpasses, to foil insurgents who might drop explosives from above.
Light airplanes could drop explosives on them.
Not a very efficient way of dropping explosives, but they'd do better soon.
We've experimented with dropping explosives, actually modified artillery shells from airplanes.
"They must have taken us for a German war balloon, about to drop explosives on them."
Planes have been dropping leaflets as well as explosives.