gun camera

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of gun camera

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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

As soon as the pilots were on the ground, the magazine of film from the gun camera was rushed to the photo lab and developed.

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