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gun camera

American

noun

an aircraft-mounted motion-picture camera recording the firing of all weapons on the gun-target line of the pilot.

Etymology

Origin of gun camera

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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My analyses of other task force cases, involving gun camera footage of indistinct shapes, have also been supported by Pentagon sources cited by the New York Times.

From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2023

That video showed Navy pilots intercepting a strange object off the coast of San Diego, which was filmed from their F-18's gun camera.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2019

The first video of the unidentified object was taken on Nov. 14, 2004, and shot by the F-18's gun camera.

From Fox News • Sep. 17, 2019

Navy in 2016, said access to combat gun camera tapes could only be granted via the Freedom of Information Act process.

From Reuters • Apr. 18, 2018

To get a final bit of proof, Lieutenant Flues took the gun camera photos to the photo lab.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.

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