text: Army Aviation Operations
  Figure 3–7. Deliberate attack by an attack company to defeat an enemy counter-attack
  * An AB attacks across the FLOT to disrupt an enemy mechanized regiment that is conducting an
  approach march under the protection of organic air defense systems (figure 3-8). Enemy
  capabilities, actions, and positions are identified through continuous information collection and
  target development thus facilitating the deliberate planning of the attack. The supported higher
  headquarters identifies the most dangerous and most likely enemy COAs and plans these attacks
  based on information derived during the IPB. Further coordination must be made by the higher
  headquarters to ensure a successful passage of lines and synchronization and timing of
  preplanned joint fires and suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) to achieve the desired
  massing of effects, and enable AB movement to attack by fire positions, respectively.
  Simultaneously, the AB plans maneuver, attack by fire positions, and methods of attack in
  parallel to nest with the higher headquarters’ plan. The resultant attack disrupts enemy
  capabilities before they can be brought to bear effectively on friendly forces, thereby providing
  the friendly main body reaction time and maneuver space.
  Figure 3–8. Deliberate attack by an AB to disrupt enemy mechanized regiment in deep area of
  linear area operations