Definition of "target area" []

• The location of the target that is to be hit (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The normal fighter-pilot determination would take him to the point where he could see his target area and be sure that there was not some freak hole that would allow him to sneak the force in and get the job done."
• "I'm almost in the target area and I have the Spads at my two o'clock position."
• "He stayed up on top and milled around over the target area trying in vain to locate his flightmate by visual or electronic means, until low fuel forced him to drop his bombs on a target of opportunity that he was able to see and head for home as he alerted the rescue forces that his wingman was among the missing."