Airstrike


 * For the Modern Warfare 2 killstreak, see Precision Airstrike

An Airstrike is killstreak in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and a cancelled killstreak in Call of Duty: World at War.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
In Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare multiplayer, players who achieve a five-kill streak (killing five enemy players consecutively without dying) are given the ability to call in an airstrike. Airstrikes cannot be called in while another airstrike is in progress, regardless if the Airstrike were called by their teammates or their enemies. Airstrikes will not damage or destroy helicopters. When the player calls in an airstrike, he/she must select the target area. The aircraft will fly in from the direction of the current spawn area of the players team and deploy explosives in a line, although the bombs will damage enemies outside the line of attack. In multiplayer airstrikes are delivered by three F-15E Strike Eagles for the Marines/SAS or by 3 MiG-29 'Fulcrums' for the OpFor/Spetsnaz, though in the SAS mission Heat, airstrikes are delivered by USMC AV-8 Harrier jump jets. Airstrikes are capable of penetrating thin material such as metal sheets and drywall. Airstrikes are also non-stackable; a player's airstrike option will be replaced by a helicopter support option if the player gets 2 more kills without dying and without using the airstrike option.

Call of Duty: World at War
The Airstrike was planned to appear in Call of Duty: World at War as a killstreak, but was cut.

Trivia

 * In Call of Duty 4, the airstrike was originally supposed to be awarded at a 7 kill streak.
 * Unlike the UAV and Helicopter, enemy Airstrikes are not announced to the player.
 * This killstreak reward has been renamed in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as the "Precision Airstrike" reward, requiring a six kill streak.
 * If the announcers are talking over the radio when an airstrike is called in, the dialogue will cut off as soon as the ordnance hits the ground.