Which aircraft sensor posture is when the lead aircraft's responsibility is the friendly force, and the wing aircraft is primarily responsible for scanning the objective?

In this context, the term "neutral" refers to a sensor posture where one aircraft is focused on ensuring the safety and awareness of friendly forces while the accompanying aircraft concentrates on the mission objective or targets. This posture is particularly important for maintaining situational awareness and preventing friendly fire incidents while still allowing effective engagement of enemy forces.

In a neutral posture, the lead aircraft's attention to friendly forces ensures that they can monitor their movements and engagements, while the wing aircraft provides the necessary surveillance or fire support against enemy targets, thus executing a balanced approach to air operations. This separation of responsibilities enhances coordination and effectiveness in the mission by allowing each aircraft to specialize in its respective area—protecting friendly forces and engaging the enemy.

The other choices describe different strategic postures where the focus would shift to either actively engaging enemies or providing complete protection to friendly forces, but do not capture the balanced approach described by the neutral posture.