Faro, North Carolina

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Faro
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°30′42″N77°50′38″W / 35.51167°N 77.84389°W / 35.51167; -77.84389
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State North Carolina
County Wayne
Elevation
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37 m (121 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes 919 & 984
GNIS feature ID1010605 [1]

Faro is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. [1]

1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash

In Faro—12 miles (19 km) north of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base —two hydrogen bombs dropped during the 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash [2] as the aircraft broke up in flight. [3] The crash site is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Faro on Big Daddy's Road. [4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Faro, North Carolina". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Atom bomb nearly exploded over North Carolina in 1961 secret documents reveal". Telegraph (UK). Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ Michael Mechanic (August 2013). "A Sneak Peek at Eric Schlosser's Terrifying New Book on Nuclear Weapons". Mother Jones. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Faro, North Carolina". Ibiblio. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
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