Hunter-killer team

• Two-person sniper teams, one using specialized optical hardware and the other a rifle
• Pairs of F-4G Wild Weasel V and F-16Cs, where the F-4G "hunter" could detect, identify, and locate an enemy's radar and then direct the F-16C's weapons to the site
• Bradley fighting vehicles often "hand off" fire missions to M1 Abrams main battle tanks in their hunter-killer team
• "Pink teams" of scout and attack helicopters, such as OH-6 "Loach" or OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopters and the AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter during the Vietnam War
• In anti-submarine warfare an ASW aircraft may be employed as "hunter", with surface ships such as destroyers as killers.
• Task Forces such as Task Force 88 where one element gathers intelligence on the target while the other acts on the "hunters" intelligence and eliminates the target acting as the "killers".

  Operations

Principles

• are best employed during irregular warfare environments
• require independent maneuver in enemy territory
• should not be formed ad hoc
• require specialized training in enemy tactics and weaponry, long-range endurance operations, infiltration and exfiltration techniques, and combat techniques
• require equal or superior maneuverability and mobility to the enemy in order to succeed

  Advantages

• versatility through its combination of combat power, reconnaissance capability, and survivability.
• the ability to effectively acquire information aggressively, perform security, and conduct.
• control of any predicament the team is in, and of the operational tempo, denying this to the enemy.
• psychological effects on the enemy, specifically their will to fight.