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Aerial gunnery is , it's an annual

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qualification for our non rated crew

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members or the crew chiefs in the back

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of the aircraft . Just like any army

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soldier needs to annually qualify in

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their weapon . Our crew members need to

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annually qualify indoor gunnery . So

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four gunnery the way it's set up , it's

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multiple tables ranging from gunnery ,

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academics to ground fire tables . We'll

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do dry fire runs in the aircraft

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practice runs and then finally it

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culminates with a live qualification ,

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day and night and single and multi ship

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from the outside . It probably just

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looks like a couple of guys in cool

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helmets just rocking 240 s out the side

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of the helicopter . But inside the

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helicopter , it gets super busy . You

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have the pilots talking to one another

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for your information . We're going to

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be an extended pause at the hover area .

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We're talking to the crew chiefs in the

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back targets at 11 o'clock in the tree

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line . Budget targets at 11 o'clock .

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The crew chiefs will be making call

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outs to the pilots because essentially

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the pilots we're there just to position

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the helicopter in a way that gives them

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the best guy , the most effective shot

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at what they're trying to target . For

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instance , if my back , right gunner

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says a back right gimbal up , he

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doesn't have the angle to reach out to

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what he's trying to target . So when I

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hear that it means I need to bank the

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aircraft left , open that angle up and

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give him more room to work with so he

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can engage his targets . The uh 60 is

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not an attack platform , it is not an

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attack helicopter . So we would never

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use the 240 s or the door guns as an

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offensive weapon . It's a defensive

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weapon only . So what that means is any

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of those missions that we do . If we're

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doing an infill for a patrol , we're

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going in , we take fire from an enemy .

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Those door gunners are going to be able

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to lay down suppressive fire just long

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enough for us to drop the guys off and

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for the pilots to expel and get back to

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safety . So the trust that each crew

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member needs to have in the other is

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truly unmatched because at the end of

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the day , we're all responsible for

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each other's safety . I think you would

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be hard pressed to find a group in the

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military who is more close knit than a

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helicopter flight group .