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About Goldsboro
Goldsboro is a city in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 36,437 at the 2010 Census.[4] It is the principal city of and is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The nearby town of Waynesboro was founded in 1787, and Goldsboro was incorporated in 1847. It is the county seat of Wayne County.[5] The city is situated in North Carolina's Coastal Plain and is bordered on the south by the Neuse River and the west by the Little River, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Greenville,[6] 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Raleigh, the state capital, and 75 miles (121 km) north of Wilmington in Southeastern North Carolina. Goldsboro is best known as home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
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Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Goldsboro, North Carolina.[2] The base is named for Navy Lt. Seymour A. Johnson, a test pilot from Goldsboro who died in an airplane crash near Norbeck, Maryland, on March 5, 1941.[3] In August 1940 the War Department designated the airport as essential to national defense. In December 1940, $168,811 was authorized for the construction of a U.S. Army Air Corps Technical Training School. Local officials began working to have the field named in honor of Lieutenant Johnson. Seymour Johnson is the only Air Force base named in honor of a naval officer.[3] Until 2005 the Federal Bureau of Prisons had a Federal Prison Camp on the base where William Aramony was incarcerated. Seymour Johnson AFB Website: https://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/ Wikipedia Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base |
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