Faro, North Carolina

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

Faro
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°30′42″N 77°50′38″W
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Wayne
Elevation [1]	37 m (121 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes	919 & 984
GNIS feature ID	1010605[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]

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