V-22 “belly gun” tested 1st time on a West Coast installation

VMM-165 tested the Interim Defensive Weapon System during a training exercise at MCAS Yuma’s Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range. This is the first time the weapon is fired on a West Coast installation.

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