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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