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In 1942, the Naval Air Station Glynco was established on the area now known as Glynco. [2] After the area was no longer used for the Naval Air station (1974), 2,003 acres (8.11 km 2) of the land (including the runway) was used for the Brunswick Golden Isles Airport and 1,500 acres (6.1 km 2) of it for the headquarters of Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). [3]
Glynn County is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 84,499. [ 1 ] The county seat is Brunswick . [ 2 ]
In August 1942, the United States Navy began building the air station on 2,400 acres (9.7 km 2) in the northern part of the county.Named NAS Glynco as an abbreviation of Glynn County, Georgia, it was initially constructed as an operational base for lighter-than-air airships, more commonly known as blimps.
Before 1975 the airport was Naval Air Station Glynco (IATA: NEA, ICAO: KNEA). In August 1942 the U.S. Navy began building the air station on 2,400 acres (970 ha) in the northern part of the county. [3] Named NAS Glynco as an abbreviation of Glynn County, it was a base for lighter-than-air airships, known as blimps.
In the summer of 1975, the newly renamed Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) relocated from Washington, D.C., and began training in September of that year at Glynco, Georgia. Glynco is the headquarters site and main campus for the FLETC and houses the senior leadership of the organization. [5]
Brunswick (/ ˈ b r ʌ n z w ɪ k / BRUN-zwik) is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County in the U.S. state of Georgia. [4] As the primary urban and economic center of the lower southeast portion of Georgia, it is the second-largest urban area on the Georgia coastline after Savannah and contains the Brunswick Old Town Historic District.
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Glynn County, Georgia, where the Golden Isles are located is one of the state's original eight counties, established in 1777 from 423 square miles of land formerly held by Creek Indians. The county seat is Brunswick, the only incorporated entity in the county. [16]