Strong winds from a recent storm in the south sent a US Customs and Border Protection surveillance blimp flying nearly 600 ...

The Puritan blimp became the United States’ first permanently licensed ... during World War II – by safely escorting 89,000 Navy ships without a single one of them lost to submarine attacks.

The Navy believed that the airship could aid in scouting—flying ahead of a fleet to identify an enemy. But critics were quick to point out that airships’ giant size hindered this aim.

Strong winds from a recent storm in the south sent a US Customs and Border Protection surveillance blimp flying nearly 600 miles across Texas. The blimp – resembling a while-hot air balloon ...