Editing Landing zone (section)

{{Short description|Area where aircraft can land; especially for vertical landings}}
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[[File:Combat Training in Germany (Securing Ground) 2007-05-11-140634.jpg|thumb|right|250px|U.S. Army troops practice securing a landing zone]]
In military terminology a '''landing zone''' ('''LZ''') is an area where [[aircraft]] can land.

In the [[United States military]], a landing zone is the actual point where aircraft, especially [[helicopter]]s, land (equivalent to the commonwealth '''landing point'''.)<ref>The Handbook Of The SAS And Elite Forces. How The Professionals Fight And Win. Edited by Jon E. Lewis. p.289-Tactics And Techniques, Landings And Raids On Enemy Territory. Robinson Publishing Ltd 1997. ISBN 1-85487-675-9</ref>

In [[commonwealth of Nations|commonwealth]] militaries, a landing zone is the cartographic (numeric) zone in which the landing is going to take place (e.g., a valley). The landing area is the area in which the landing is going to take place (e.g., the field where the aircraft are to land). The landing point is the actual point on which aircraft are going to land (e.g., a point of the field). Each aircraft has a different landing point.