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Faro, North Carolina

Coordinates:35°30′42″N77°50′38″W / 35.51167°N 77.84389°W /35.51167; -77.84389
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Unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States

Unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States
Faro
Faro is located in North Carolina
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Coordinates:35°30′42″N77°50′38″W / 35.51167°N 77.84389°W /35.51167; -77.84389
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyWayne
Elevation121 ft (37 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes919 & 984
GNIS feature ID1010605[1]

Faro is anunincorporated community inWayne County,North Carolina, United States.[1]

1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash

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In Faro—12 miles (19 km) north ofSeymour Johnson Air Force Base—twohydrogen bombs dropped during the1961 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]

  • Thermonuclear bomb resting in a field in Faro
    Thermonuclear bomb resting in a field in Faro
  • Explosive ordnance disposal personnel work to recover the buried thermonuclear bomb that fell into a field in Faro
    Explosive ordnance disposal personnel work to recover the buried thermonuclear bomb that fell into a field in Faro

Notes

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  1. ^abc"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). RetrievedSeptember 22, 2013.
  3. ^Michael Mechanic (August 2013)."A Sneak Peek at Eric Schlosser's Terrifying New Book on Nuclear Weapons".Mother Jones. RetrievedSeptember 22, 2013.
  4. ^"Faro, North Carolina". Ibiblio. RetrievedSeptember 22, 2013.
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