Navy blimp monitoring area skies
Posted by: Hoboken411 at 04:00 pm on August 21, 2012
Navy blimp flying around Hudson River and NYC – why?
For the past couple days – a enormous Navy blimp has been milling around the NYC area.
Anyone know why? What tactical purpose does this blimp serve… Is it the “Mama Drone?”
August 21st, 2012 |
It could be part of Airforce week which ends today.
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August 21st, 2012 |
@finea – thanks! Makes sense. You also helped me solve a puzzle from this past weekend..
We were in the city seeing a show – and heard a fast jet go by, and couldn’t figure out what it was. Turns out it was a military fly-by for the NY Yankees game.
http://www.airforceweek.af.mil/
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August 21st, 2012 |
Wait – a NAVY blimp as part of AIR FORCE week?
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August 22nd, 2012 |
The Air Force IS the Department of the Navy, and so are the Marines.
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August 22nd, 2012 |
It IS indeed a spyship. I’m sorry i didnt get a chance to see for myself. The Navy just invested $517 Mil on this new toy (the MZ-3A) to be used as a high altitude observation platform with lots of fun stuff inside. It is stationed down in Lakehurst and is currently in the testing phase. The like the blimp because it stays up in the air for longer periods of time and doesn’t require a runway to land. It was on the news not too long ago.
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August 22nd, 2012 |
WhineandDine- you are incorrect on that fact. The Air Force was originally founded as part of the Army, however after WW2 it was separated out into its own independent branch (e.g. Department of the Air Force).
The Navy does have its own airplanes and aircraft squadrons that are totally independent from the Air Force.
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August 22nd, 2012 |
ab005..correct has been since 1947..The Navy blimp proberly out of lakehurst nj ,and has been prior to the hindenberg blowing up in 1937..
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August 22nd, 2012 |
My bad.
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August 22nd, 2012 |
It is out of lakehurst,there was a picture in the asbury park press a couple of days ago about a new blimp. It is for use as a long tern survailiance platform and it was being tested so they must have taken it for a ride.
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