Lance Cpl. Chris Eichelberger, a Huey door gunner with a Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, unloads on a target at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, Oct. 2, 2013. Huey ...

The door gunner is the helicopter crew member responsible for protecting the aircraft and crew during combat missions, operating door-mounted weapons, and engaging enemy targets at sea or in hostile ...

Lance Cpl. Chris Eichelberger, a Huey door gunner with a Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, and a native of San Diego, Calif., unloads on a target at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery ...

Hanging Halfway Out the Door of a Sideways Pave Hawk, No One Had a Better View. Last Weekend’s Aviation Nation Air Show at Nellis AFB outside Las Vegas, Nevada, was a magnificent post-pandemic return ...

This was an interview with Victor 'Vic' Smith, a Vietnam veteran who served with the RAAF No. 9 Squadron as a huey door gunner. Despite being a dangerous job, vets who served as door gunners have been ...

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Two female Soldiers with Task Force 38, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, exemplified the "we can do it" motto. Spc. Crisma Albarran and Spc. Jessica Sprung, stationed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The door gunner in a UH-1B Huey gunship fires on Vietcong positions during a search-and-destroy mission in the Mekong Delta, ...

With convoys in Iraq requiring air cover, the US Army has reintroduced helicopter door gunner training, last performed during the Vietnam War. A virtual door gunner trainer developed by Raydon is in ...

PIÑON CANYON MANEUVER SITE -- White smoke from the hot end of a barrel reflected off an aircrew member's helmet visor during an aerial door gunnery range at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site. The 3rd Assault ...