Training Material for Air Operations

1. Luftwaffe Senior Officer Service College Luftwaffe TARGETING The Only Thing We Feel When We Kill Is The Recoil

5. OR IN SIMPLER TERMS ... ... WITH SO MUCH TO ATTACK AND SO LITTLE TIME (AND SPACE AND ASSETS, etc.)… WHAT DO WE ATTACK WHEN DO WE ATTACK HOW DO WE FIND IT HOW DO WE ATTACK IT WITH SYNCHRONIZED FIRES AND MANEUVER DID WE ANSWER THE QUESTION AND ACHIEVE THE COMMANDER'S INTENT?

6. An enemy function, formation, equipment, facility or terrain planned for capture, destruction, neutralization or degradation in order to disrupt, delay or limit the enemy A Target Is….

9. Decide Detect Deliver Assess D 3 A Targeting Cycle

12. During the initial Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) effort; doctrinal templates are produced to aid in initial identification of potential High Value Targets. High value targets (HVT) are those assets the enemy commander requires for the successful completion of his mission. IPB and Targeting High payoff targets (HPT) are those HVTs that must be acquired and successfully attacked for the success of the friendly commander’s mission

18. HPTL ATTACK/SYSTEM TLE/ACQ TIME 13 th Legion Formation <1 km / 10 min Berry-Bac Air Field 100 km / 2 hrs Antwerp Harbor Fighter/Stukas 200 km / 20 min Amiens Factories Strategic HE111 Bombers 200 km / 20 min Luxembourg Road Network Mixed Force 10 km / 2 hrs TARGET SELECTION STANDARDS MATRIX Mixed Force Fighter/Mixed Force

21. 13th RESERVE BN I AVN BDE D INTENT: ATK RES available in 1 hr Phase/Event: Attack through the security zone HPTL WHEN HOW EFFECT REMARKS 13 th Legion I LW N COORD W/ NC RISTA/OPS P GS N PLAN IN INITIAL PREP Antwerp P Stuka N PLAN IN INITIAL PREP A GS S AVN OPS Brussels EXAMPLE ATTACK GUIDANCE MATRIX Normally only three Immediate (I) allowed on AGM Attack Guidance Matrix

28. Targeting and the Military Decision Making Process

29. TARGETING AND MDMP RECEIPT OF MSN/MSN ANALYSIS COA DEVELOPMENT (CONCEPT OF FIRES, COMPARISION & WARGAME) DECIDE DETECT DELIVER ASSESS CDR’s GUIDANCE COA APPROVAL/OPORD PRODUCED (SCHEME OF FIRES) EXECUTION HVT HPT

32. Luftwaffe TARGETING