Military Blimp. Web fighter jets were scrambled to track the unmanned blimp after it broke free from its tethering in maryland. Web the blimps have been used for years in the skies over kabul and other military bases in afghanistan and iraq, where they monitor for insurgent movements,.
Web “blimps or zeppelins were primarily used for military and civilian purposes, including transatlantic travel,” says jennifer wilnechenko, editor of the travel site etia.com. The hybrid airship lemv by northrop grumman flew for the first time at lakehurst, n.j in 2012. Web a $175 million military blimp broke loose wednesday and floated more than 120 miles across two states, from maryland into pennsylvania.