History of N.C. Global TransPark
Originally built in 1944 by the U.S. Navy, the N.C. Global TransPark airfield served as a training location for the Marine Corps at Cherry Point Air Station, and later for the Air Force training under the new name of Kinston Air Base.
Renamed Stallings Air Base in 1952, it remained active until it was closed for military use in 1957. It later reopened as the Kinston Regional Jetport, and in May 1996, the Global TransPark was designated as Foreign Trade Zone 214.