A year-and-a-half after an iconic World War II blimp hangar burned down in Tustin, Navy contractors expect to be finished ...

The Macon, however, is just one line in the Moffett story. During World War II, the field was home to the Navy K-ships—blimps that patrolled the West Coast of the U.S. as part of antisubmarine ...

Like many conflicts, World War II brought with it an urgent need ... of which made them ideal for patrol operations. The Navy assembled 12 blimps requisitioned from private companies.

Balloonatics. The nonrigid blimps seemed doomed to the same fate. At the outset of World War II, the Navy had only six bloopy bags in service, and the few enthusiasts who manned them were called ...

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 Navy has pumped over $123 million into the clean-up of a World War II anti-submarine blimp hangar in Southern California destroyed by fire a year ago. Workers for the Navy have hauled away ...

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 ...

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 ...

Goodyear’s blimps later played a vital role in the war effort during World War II – by safely escorting 89,000 Navy ships without a single one of them lost to submarine attacks. Goodyear Blimp ...

The Navy assembled 12 blimps requisitioned from private companies. One, the L-8, was a blimp made by tire company Goodyear for promotional purposes. (The brand had been making them since the 1920s ...