gunnery

Example Sentences

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The two AH-64 Apache helicopters were returning to Fort Wainwright from an aerial gunnery range southeast of Fairbanks when they collided.

From Seattle Times

Any Marine gunnery sergeant in a movie — and no doubt some in the real world too — operates in the shadow of R. Lee Ermey in “Full Metal Jacket.”

From New York Times

In so doing, Mr Carter overrode a request by the Marine Corps to exempt women from certain roles, including in infantry and machine gunnery.

From BBC

In 1949, the Air Force held the first gunnery competition at what was then Las Vegas Air Force Base, now Nellis Air Force Base.

From Washington Post

He served in the Army Air Forces throughout World War II, first as a stateside gunnery instructor and later as a military journalist.

From Washington Post