WINGS OVER WAYNE AIR SHOW — Open to the Public

The 2019 Wings Over Wayne Air Show is set for the weekend of April 27th and 28th and will feature the USAF Thunderbirds, which is sure to give a breathtaking performance. With over 230,000 people attending this exciting event in 2017, the Wings Over Wayne Air Show has grown to become the largest free air show in North Carolina and has also become part of the community’s legacy.
Th e show is free, parking is free, and the gates to the base are open to the public. As long as weather cooperates, the schedule of events is the same for both days. Gates will open at 9 a.m.
Seymour Johnson has been the host and venue for WOW since 1947

The biennial air show is held in Goldsboro at the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, which pre-dates the U.S. Air Force itself. Since 1947, Goldsboro’s skies have been home to some of the world’s most impressive and vital air power of our country’s Air
Force. Th e event started out as a tool for military recruitment and local economic impact, but it has evolved into much more. Th e recruitment and economic impact remain at the event’s core, but WOW has reached goals that were never thought possible. Th e Wings Over Wayne Air Show has become a family tradition for folks around the state and country. Children experience the thrill of fighter jets for the first time, and adults rekindle their childlike excitement as they witness air and ground displays. The event unites people from different generations and backgrounds by calling on the common patriotic seams that bond us all – a blend of excitement, humbleness, and nostalgia. Military communities are known for supporting their bases, but the Wings Over Wayne Air Show and Seymour Johnson AFB breaks the mold and gives back to Goldsboro and the state of North Carolina in ways that can’t be measured.