Louisiana has a lot of pretty wild stories, but did you know that the U.S. Navy once accidentally dropped a bomb on a town in ...

The iconic Goodyear airships are taking a “victory lap” over the skies of an Ohio city this week. The Akron-based company is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the inaugural flight of its ...

But, the blimps received more than just advertising attention. During the World Wars, Goodyear manufactured blimps for the U.S. Navy as spy tech. In World War II, the attack on Pearl Harbor surged ...

A raging fire Tuesday destroyed a massive World War II-era wooden hangar that was built to house military blimps based in Southern ... built in 1942 for the U.S. Navy in the city of Tustin ...

From 1942 to 1944, the company built more than 150 airships for the Navy to serve in World War II, flying patrol over warships on the seas with zero reported loss of ships when a blimp was on watch.

During the World Wars, Goodyear manufactured blimps for the U.S. Navy as spy tech. In World War II, the attack on Pearl Harbor surged their production. More than 100 blimps were built to escort ...

Before the branded blimps hit the skies in 1925, Goodyear built approximately 25 airships for the US Navy, starting in 1917. The hangar at the company’s Akron, Ohio-based Wingfoot Lake Airship ...

During the World Wars, Goodyear manufactured blimps for the U.S. Navy as spy tech. In World War II, the attack on Pearl Harbor surged their production. More than 100 blimps were built to escort ...

This was far superior to what airplanes could do at the time. The U.S. Navy began operating blimps during and after World War I, patrolling the coast to detect and deter submarine threats.