Before and during World War II, 134 K-class blimps were built and configured for patrol and anti-submarine warfare operations, and were extensively used in the Navy's anti-submarine efforts in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean areas -
About K-class blimp /
(Wikipedia)
US Navy airships during World War II (Wikipedia)
Libraey of Congress Marine Corps Air Station Tustin (Photo, Print, Drawing)
Visiting with Huell Howser - California's Gold
California's Gold Huts and Hangers – California’s Gold (602) - (28:49 sec)
Visiting MCAS Tustin – Visiting (722) - (30:52 sec)
Visiting Tustin – Visiting (1509) - (27:58 sec)
Airship History Series
America's First Rigid Airship - zrsthemovie.com
"The Blimp Goes to War... Again" Intro and Act One - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8aGp0oIKYk - (25:48 sec)
"Blimp Goes To War" Act Two - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU34Oi8pWtY - (25:48 sec)
"Blimp Goes to War" Act Three - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZJYLQbCSY8 - (25:48 sec)
"Blimp Goes to War" Act Four - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2IpwK6kLbw - (25:48 sec)
1929 U.S. Navy Blimp USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) (full) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMSDCs0ysl8
Helicopters
List of United States military helicopters
Naval Helicopter Association Historical Society-Sponsored by Sikorsky-a Lockheed Martin Company
Naval Helicopter Association - http://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/vol3iss2.pdf
American Aviation
American Aviation Historical Society -AAHS HQ, Flabob Airport, 4130 Mennes Ave, Bldg. 56, Riverside, CA 92509 -
(951) 777-1332 Tuesday/Thursday/Sunday: 11AM to 3Pm
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields by Paul Freeman
Airline History Museum - Kansas City-
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