Air gunner
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An air gunner or aerial gunner is a member of a military aircrew who operates flexible-mount or turret-mounted machine guns or autocannons in an aircraft. Modern aircraft weapons are usually operated
A Waist Gunner in a USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943
Tupolev Tu-95 tail gun position with 23 mm AM-23 autocannon
A pilot in training, firing at fixed targets representing German aircraft from a 'cockpit' moving along curving rails, 17 July 1918
Door gunner
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A door gunner is a crewman tasked with firing and maintaining manually directed armament aboard a military helicopter. The actual role will vary depending on the task given on a particular mission. Fo
A door gunner operating the 7.62 GPMG over Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
A U.S. Army Vietnam-era "free gunner" (c. 1966) is shown manning his duty position on a UH-1B/C helicopter gunship, with a bungee cord securing his M60 machine gun to the aircraft cabin doorway.
Door Gunner, by James Pollock, U. S. Army Vietnam Combat Artists Team IV (CAT IV 1967). Pen and ink drawing of Vietnam era door gunner. Courtesy National Museum of the U. S. Army.
A UH-60 Black Hawk door gunner in Iraq (2005) wearing the HGU-56/P Maxillofacial Shield made by Gentex. The shield improves communication and protects from rotor wash effects.