especially: the science of the flight of projectiles and of the effective use of guns
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Recent Examples on the WebThe relevant, realistic training program includes gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as amphibious, counter-piracy, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal and diving and salvage operations.Hartford Courant, 25 July 2022 The competition consisted of aerial gunnery at 12,000 feet and 20,000 feet, skip bombing, rocket firing, panel strafing and dive bombing, according to the Air Force. Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 29 May 2022 The Marines were participating in a routine live-fire training over their gunnery range in the Imperial Valley desert, said Marine Maj. Julie Watson, Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2022 In 1949, the Air Force held the first gunnery competition at what was then Las Vegas Air Force Base, now Nellis Air Force Base. Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 29 May 2022 The 332nd Fighter Group, better known as the Tuskegee Airmen, made history in 1949 as winners of the first Top Gun contest, a gunnery competition that drew top pilots from across the Air Force. Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022 Eberle was flying gunnery exercises in a single-seater fighter plane with B-29 bombers from Randolph. Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Mar. 2021 Instead, France’s airborne troops were more interested in sound tactics and precision gunnery than the pure majesty of perilously setting off the weapon on the open road. Cory Graff, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2020 Built in 1944, this P-47D-30-RA was used primarily as an aerial gunnery trainer in the United States. David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Nov. 2020 See More