text: Chapter 3
  integrated joint fires. The methods of employment are solely driven by whether a friendly ground maneuver
  force is in direct contact with the targeted enemy force or not; this factor determines who controls the
  aviation maneuver and fires. Regardless of the methods employed, the tactical task assigned to the attack or
  reconnaissance unit is attack to destroy, defeat, disrupt, divert, or delay. The higher commander’s choice of
  operational framework is not used to describe the type of attack.
  3-15. To ensure success, Army Aviation attacks with the necessary combat power, tempo and intensity to
  overwhelm the enemy force. Audacity, speed, concentration of combat power at the right time and place,
  violence of execution, simultaneity of joint fires with ground and air maneuver, and maximizing the
  element of surprise are all essential components of successful Army Aviation attacks.
  ATTACKS AGAINST ENEMY FORCES IN CLOSE FRIENDLY CONTACT
  3-16. As a member of the combined arms team, Army Aviation conducts attacks against enemy forces in
  close friendly contact to enable friendly ground maneuver forces to seize, retain, or exploit the initiative.
  These attacks can be either hasty or deliberate, based on the amount of time available. The ground
  maneuver commander controls the synchronization and integration of Army Aviation maneuver and the
  distribution and de-confliction of Army Aviation fires.
  3-17. Attacks against an enemy force in close friendly contact enable the higher commander to bring Army
  Aviation combat power to bear simultaneously with other elements of the combined arms team. The
  combined effects of aerial and ground fire and maneuver increase the combined lethality and protection of
  the combined arms team, enabling the commander to present the enemy with multiple dilemmas while
  dictating the tempo of operations to gain and maintain a position of relative advantage.
  3-18. Hasty or deliberate attacks against enemy forces in close friendly contact are executed at each Army
  Aviation maneuver echelon from an AWT/SWT or a single armed UAS up to elements as large as a
  battalion or squadron. Ground commanders that plan for the possible employment of both hasty and
  deliberate attacks throughout the depth of their close fight scheme of maneuver increase the likelihood of
  success and reduce the risk of fratricide. Hasty attacks provide the combined arms team with the agility,
  mobility and firepower to rapidly respond to unexpected enemy contact. However, hasty attacks should be
  in extremis and not relied on to overcome a lack of planning for the employment and full integration of
  Army Aviation attacks in the ground scheme of maneuver during the operations process. Deliberate attacks
  are interdependent and fully integrated in the ground scheme of maneuver. This integration enables the
  maneuver commander to maximize all available combat power at the chosen place and time.
  3-19. The continuum of attacks against enemy forces in close friendly contact ranges from hasty attacks by
  an AWT against an enemy force, to a deliberate attack with an AB/ACS as part of the combined arms
  scheme of maneuver in the close fight. Some examples of this continuum include, but are not limited to—
  * An AWT using MUM-T attacks to destroy an enemy platoon in close contact with a Stryker
  Scout platoon conducting security operations as the lead element of a battalion movement to
  contact. During the operations process, the Stryker battalion staff conducts detailed planning to
  integrate Army Aviation attacks on known and templated enemy forces throughout the depth of
  the battalion’s AO. To ensure agility, freedom of action, and disciplined initiative, the Stryker
  battalion staff, in coordination with the supporting aviation staff or LNO team, plans detailed
  control measures in zone, to include ACMs, attack by fire positions, attack routes, fire support
  coordination measures, HAs, engagement criteria, and triggers and conditions for employment.
  Once triggered, the AWT maneuvers along preplanned routes to an attack by fire position to
  destroy the enemy platoon, enabling the Stryker battalion’s elements to maintain tempo and
  freedom of action to continue to maneuver and gain contact with the enemy main body (figure 3-
  2, page 3-5).