Lombardo Class Transport Airship

Lombardo Class Transport Airship
The Lombardo Class Transport Airship is a helium filled, rigid airship. The airship is a very effective way to deploy large amounts of men to areas were you normally could not. It is also very effective as a transport, as it can carry large amounts of men, faster than a boat, and can carry more than an airplane (while using less fuel that a fleet of transport airplanes would use). It is advisable (in hostile areas) to move the transport in a convoy formation or with some escorts.
A large Radar/Ladar component is stored in the front of the ship. It can track multiple targets and it can also functions as an AWACS. Should the time for evacuation occur, the crew can quickly exit via the detachable gondola (holds 50) or one of the 50 escape pods (holds 10 each).

Specifications Crew: 35 standard, 45 maximum [1 captain, 34 airship crew/weapons/AWACS (10 more spots for any other crew)] Others: 500 men (instead of men you can instead carry vehicles, or war materials, or a combination of all 3) Length: 400 meters Height: 50 meters Width: 40 meters Power Plant: (6) Turbofans; (2) Turbines (in tail) Range: 5,000 kilometres Service Ceiling: 50,000 meters Cruising Speed: 150 km/h Maximum Speed: 350 km/h

Weapons (20) CIWS 30mm Phalanx turrets (8 along the top, 4 at the bottom, 4 on each side) (3) Patriot modified SAM launchers (1 on each side and top, 2 missiles in each launcher) (10) Hardpoitns (1 on bottom, and 3 on each side and top)

Countermeasures (400) Chaff Countermeasures (200) Flares Jamming equipment