Now for the first time their complete story is told, drawing from unpublished official reports and recently declassified documents. Goodyear's advertising fleet is commandeered to supplement the Navy's tiny buoyant air force following Pearl Harbor. Drawing on experience from WWI, officers mobilize a training establishment using balloons and baby blimps.
ZP squadrons gain strength and blanket patrols from ten major bases.
Then airship squadrons deploy to Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad, Brazil and Africa.