: the use of guns
especially
: the science of the flight of projectiles and of the effective use of guns
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Brown Field opened in 1918 when the Army established an aerial gunnery school there to relieve congestion on Coronado’s North Island.
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2024
In early April 1944, as a gunnery officer aboard the USS Yorktown in the Pacific, Lt. Cmdr. Earnshaw and his crew shot down three attacking Japanese aircraft off the island formerly known as Truk.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
There, Tenison recalled how excitement built as the division’s crews prepared for gunnery: live-fire exercises that tank crews complete at the end of their training.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
As luck would have it, Fort Moore’s tankers were going through their own gunnery exercises at the end of the year.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2024
In early April 1944, as a gunnery officer aboard the USS Yorktown in the Pacific, Lt. Cmdr. Earnshaw and his crew shot down three attacking Japanese aircraft off the island formerly known as Truk.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
There, Tenison recalled how excitement built as the division’s crews prepared for gunnery: live-fire exercises that tank crews complete at the end of their training.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
As luck would have it, Fort Moore’s tankers were going through their own gunnery exercises at the end of the year.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
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“Gunnery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunnery. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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gunnery
noun
gun·nery
ˈgən-(ə-)rē 
: the use of guns
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