text: Chapter 5
  Landing Plan
  The landing plan supports the ground tactical plan. It provides a sequence for the
  arrival of forces into the area of operation, ensuring that all forces arrive at
  designated locations and times prepared to execute the ground tactical plan. The
  commander finalizes the landing plan after completing the ground tactical plan. The
  landing plan phases forces into the objective area at the correct time and place to
  execute the ground tactical plan. Executing the landing plan is vital to the swift
  massingofcombatpower,protectingtheforce,andsubsequentmissionaccomplishment.
  SECTION I – DELIVERY CONSIDERATIONS
  5-1. Thelanding plan isthe ABNAFC’splan thatlinksthe air movementplan tothe groundtacticalplan.
  Itispublished atABN IBCTlevelandbelow.BeforetheABNAFCcanprepareanoveralllandingplan,he
  must know where his subordinate commanders intend to land their assault forces. The landing plan is
  generatedupthechainofcommandas a collaborativeeffort.
  ORGANIZATION
  5-2. Airborne forces organize landing plans to maintain tactical integrity. Battalions or battalion task
  forces normally land intact on a single drop zone. Two or more battalions land successively on the same
  drop zone or each can land on a separate drop zone within a general ABN IBCT area of operation. The
  ABNIBCTlandsinmutuallysupportingdropzones.
  5-3. The ABNAF sends as many assault force personnel and equipment as possible into the area in
  airborne assault serials. The ABNAFC must consider the mobility of equipment after the landing. For
  example, the carriers or prime movers that are deliverable by parachute, but difficult to manhandle on the
  ground, can accompany the weapons in the assault force. Assault forces accompany their units’ principal
  itemsofequipment.
  REQUIREMENTS
  5-4. To develop the landing plan, commanders at each level need to know their commander’s priorities,
  theairliftplan,the landingareastudy,theparent andsubordinateunittaskorganizationandgroundtactical
  plans,and subordinate unitlandingplans. Duringthe backbrief ofthe ground tacticalplan, the commander
  establishes airlift and delivery priorities and airlift plan. He provides as much of this information as
  possibletosubordinateunitsattheendofthegroundtacticalplanbackbrief.
  5-5. As withthe ground tacticalplan, eachechelon(fire teamthroughbrigade) mustconductconfirmation
  briefs and backbriefs to their landing plans. The landing plan remains tentative until leaders complete
  backbriefsandcoordinatechanges.Theleaderstakethefollowingactions:
  (cid:122) Landing plan. In the case of the landing plan, backbriefs ensure coordination of who is using
  whatdropzone,andor landingzoneandwhen,thepreferredorientationofdropzones,and who
  is landing in which areas and when. The landing plans follow the commander’s priorities, the
  airliftplan,andgroundtacticalplan.
  (cid:122) Assembly plan. One of the most critical parts of the landing plan is the assembly plan. Each
  leader must brief his Soldiers, require a backbrief, rebrief his Soldiers, and require another
  backbrief. Each Soldier should know exactly what to do, how to do it, and when to do it to
  assemblequickly.Assemblyplansofoneunitdonotinterferewiththeassemblyplansofotherunits.