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Anair gunner oraerial gunner is a member of a militaryaircrew who operates flexible-mount orturret-mountedmachine guns orautocannons in anaircraft.[1] Modern aircraft weapons are usually operated automatically without the need for a dedicated air gunner, but older generation (World War II and earlier)bombers used to carry up to eight air gunners.
Most modern air gunners arehelicopterdoor gunners, who typically have other primary roles such as crew chief or observer in addition to their air gunner role. Others fly as members of aircrews ongunships, where their duties may include loading guns or manually firing them if computer systems fail. A modern gunner can be someone who operates armament on an aircraft besides thepilot or someone defending the aircraft with a machine gun or auto-cannon (more commonly in World War II)
Aerial gunner - a U.S. Air Force enlisted specialty assigned to personnel trained to operate flexible guns mounted on aircraft.
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