What term describes all aircraft assigned to the mission that will rotate to the landing zone?

• A. Wing
• B. Lift
• C. Chalk
• D. Serial

Answer: (B)

In mission planning for aircraft inserting into a landing zone, the group of aircraft assigned to that mission is described as a chalk. This term designates a cohesive set of aircraft and crews that will execute the approach, enter the objective area, and land as a unit, with a lead aircraft guiding the others and a designated sequence. Using chalk helps planners coordinate timing, loadouts, fuel, and airspace deconfliction so the whole group moves together smoothly to the landing zone.

Other terms refer to different ideas: a wing is a larger organizational unit of aircraft under one command; lift describes the capability or action of raising weight, not a specific mission group; a serial is an identifying sequence or flight number for the mission, not the collective heading to the LZ. Chalk is the term that best fits the concept of all aircraft in that mission rotating to and landing at the objective.