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A door gunner operating the 7.62 GPMG over Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
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. For certain aircraft a door gunner would use a fully automatic Gatling gun placement. On many larger aircraft such as military planes a turret is used along with heavy cannons.
A doorgunner is a crewman tasked with firing and maintaining manually directed armament aboard a military helicopter. The actual role will vary depending...
air gunner, but older generation (World War II and earlier) bombers used to carry up to eight air gunners. Most modern air gunners are helicopter door gunners...
Legacy, portraying antagonists, and in Valor, in which he portrayed a doorgunner of a U.S. Army special operations aviation unit. Zaki was cast in his...
html "Novel M60 DoorGunner Configuration". February 15, 2021. "M60B "Free Gun" field modified to be held sideways as a door gun on US Navy Huey helicopter...
A tail gunner or rear gunner is a crewman on a military aircraft who functions as a gunner defending against enemy fighter or interceptor attacks from...
the 1987 Stanley Kubrick film Full Metal Jacket, where he played the doorgunner who uttered the much-quoted lines "Get some!" (adopted as the byline...
supporter of the U.S military. She explains that her father was an M60 doorgunner on a Huey during the Vietnam War. His helicopter crashed three times...
school, he joined the United States Army and served as a helicopter door-gunner in Vietnam. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Once he returned...
123rd Aviation Battalion) with the rank of Specialist Four. Serving as a door-gunner on an OH-23 Raven observation helicopter, his crew chief was Specialist...
1965. By January 8, 1968, he was a private first class serving as a doorgunner in the 173rd Assault Helicopter Company. On that day, near Ap Dong An...
helicopter, his pilot was Warrant Officer One Hugh Thompson, Jr. and his door-gunner was Specialist Four Lawrence Colburn, both of whom would also be acclaimed...
squad. Tim Colceri as Doorgunner, a ruthless and sadistic helicopter doorgunner who suggests that Joker and Rafterman write a story about him. Colceri...
who were rushing the craft from an angle that prevented the aircraft doorgunner from firing upon them. With little strength remaining, he made one last...
gunner, crew member responsible for the operation of defensive weapons, for example gun turrets. Specific positions include nose gunner, doorgunner and...
completed. Independently of Glen, Specialist 5 Ronald L. Ridenhour, a former doorgunner from the Aviation Section, Headquarters Company, 11th Infantry Brigade...
or gunner). Soldiers without flight status can be eligible if they help with an aerial attack during general transport (e.g., as a doorgunner), serve...
23. Cauley, Paul (June 30, 2006). "Photographs by Paul Cauley, 1971 DoorGunner, A Co 101st Avn (Text by Belinda Myrick-Barnett)". Paul Cauley. Retrieved...
The player takes on the role of Wendell Redler (Billy MacLellan), a doorgunner known by the call-sign Python 2-5. Python's helicopter is shot down while...
three-man crew, a doorgunner being the third member. The cabin, located behind the cockpit, is accessed through a pair of large sliding doors on each side...
apparently shot down by a Mi-8 helicopter flying alongside, with the doorgunner firing a 7.62 mm machine gun. The manoeuvre was repeated several times...
New Era. p. 23. Cauley, Paul (1971). "Photographs by Paul Cauley, 1971 DoorGunner, A Co 101st Avn (Text by Belinda Myrick-Barnett)". Paul Cauley. Singleton...
suppression of the landing zone. This armament may be in the form of doorgunners, or the modification of the helicopter with stub wings and pylons to...
Rebel Alliance member Corporal Tonc. Nick Kellington plays Bistan, a doorgunner on a U-wing during the battle on Scarif. Ian Whyte plays Moroff, a member...
The gunner placed his feet in the heel rests and occupied his cramped station. He would put on a safety strap and close and lock the turret door. There...