Do we still use Airships (Blimps)?

[6114DAVE]

If it's the one being built in the blimp hangar at the old MCAS Tustin, then I can confirm it... nobody ever told me I couldn't.

Nah..not there

[nick]

They would be outside the wire??

My point was that a COP is too small to have one. A base is not automatically a COP. A COP holds one infantry platoon, maybe two. It's too small to have those type of "luxuries". A FOB or firebase could have them but most COPs don't even have the basics like running water, let alone blimps.

Now that is simply not true!

[CessnaDriver]

Army Preps Spy Blimp

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304830704577496973251341902.html

[Scuba Steve33]

This was at my battalion's FOB (although it wasn't much bigger than some COPs) we stayed at waiting to jump on a bird to take us to our COP.

I have some more detailed pics of it plus the "dock" but I can't find anything similar on Google so not sure I want to post them.

[RMP91]

Looks like the rumors of the Spy Blimp for the US Army are true!

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/10/armys-all-seeing-super-blimp-makes-debut-flight/?hpt=hp_c2

According to them, these will be manned for the test flights (2 pilots), but the Army hopes to have 'em unmanned by the time they are in active service, 3 are expected to be built so far.