turret 41 can rotate 100 degrees downward on either side of the vertical 81 within that rotating plane the tracker ball 41 rotates in a fore and aft manner the combination of the rotation about two axes permits full and continuous spherical coverage from ahead to 140 degrees aft and to 100 degrees downward on each side of the vertical line 81 these approximate angles are typical of the potential range for a partially submerged upper fuselage location but should not be considered to be the maximum values achievable through skillful application of the invention the fairing 43 may be fixed to the aircraft as shown in fig7 and 8 in the fixed position as shown in fig7 the turret 41 and hence the ball 51 can rotate about the axis 73 about 100 degrees on either side of the vertical line 81 as shown in fig1 and 17 in the fixed position as shown in fig8 the turret 41 and hence the ball 51 can rotate 360 degrees about the axis 73 in the preferred embodiment the turret and tracker ball are employed to direct a high energy laser beam h e l outward from a source 121 and components 123 carried by the aircraft as shown in fig2 although they could be used to view remote objects in the preferred embodiment passage of the laser beam to the turret and tracker ball are by way of a light pipe 125 referring to fig2 32 light or the high energy laser beam is directed to the tracker ball by way of a mirror 127 to a light.