Seymour Johnson Air Force Base

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Goldsboro, North Carolina.^[2] The base is named for U.S. Navy Lt. Seymour A. Johnson, a test pilot from Goldsboro who died in an F4F Wildcat crash near Norbeck, Maryland, on March 5, 1941.^[3]

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Goldsboro, North Carolina in the United States of America
F-15E Strike Eagles of the 4th Fighter Wing based at Seymour Johnson AFB.
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Coordinates	35°20′28″N 77°58′00″W
Type	U.S. Air Force Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	U.S. Air Force
Controlled by	Air Combat Command (ACC)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)
In use	1942 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel Kurt Helphenstine
Garrison	4th Fighter Wing (Host) 916th Air Refueling Wing
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: GSB, ICAO: KGSB, FAA LID: KGSB, WMO: 723066
Elevation	33.2 metres (109 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 08/26 3,584.4 metres (11,760 ft)
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

In December 1941, $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 USAF base named in honor of a naval officer.^[3]

Based units

Flying and notable non-flying units based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.^[4][5]

Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at Seymour Johnson, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location.

United States Air Force

Air Combat Command (ACC)

• Fifteenth Air Force
  • 4th Fighter Wing (Host Wing)
    • 4th Operations Group
      • 333d Fighter Squadron – F-15E Strike Eagle
      • 334th Fighter Squadron – F-15E Strike Eagle
      • 335th Fighter Squadron – F-15E Strike Eagle
      • 336th Fighter Squadron – F-15E Strike Eagle
      • 4th Operations Support Squadron
      • 4th Training Squadron
    • 4th Maintenance Group
      • 333d Fighter Generation Squadron
      • 334th Fighter Generation Squadron
      • 335th Fighter Generation Squadron
      • 336th Fighter Generation Squadron
      • 4th Component Maintenance Squadron
      • 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron
      • 4th Munitions Squadron
    • 4th Medical Group
      • 4th Medical Support Squadron
      • 4th Healthcare Operations Squadron
      • 4th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron
    • 4th Mission Support Group
      • 4th Civil Engineer Squadron
      • 4th Communications Squadron
      • 4th Contracting Squadron
      • 4th Force Support Squadron
      • 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron
      • 4th Security Forces Squadron

Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)

• Fourth Air Force
  • 916th Air Refueling Wing
    • 916th Operations Group
      • 77th Air Refueling Squadron – KC-46A Pegasus
      • 911th Air Refueling Squadron – KC-46A Pegasus
      • 916th Operations Support Squadron
    • 916th Mission Support Group
      • 916th Civil Engineer Flight
      • 916th Force Support Squadron
      • 916th Logistics Readiness Squadron
      • 916th Security Forces Squadron
    • 916th Maintenance Group
      • 916th Aerospace Medicine Squadron
      • 916th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
      • 916th Maintenance Squadron
• Tenth Air Force
  • 944th Fighter Wing
    • 414th Fighter Group (GSU)
      • 307th Fighter Squadron – F-15E Strike Eagle
      • 414th Maintenance Squadron
• 567th RED HORSE Squadron

See also

• 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash

References

1. "Seymour Johnson AFB (KGSB)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
2. "Seymour Johnson Air Force Base > About Us > Fact Sheets > Seymour Johnson Air Force Base History". www.seymourjohnson.af.mil. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
3. "Seymour Johnson Air Force Base > About Us > Fact Sheets > Lt. Seymour A. Johnson". US Air Force. Retrieved 20 April 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. "SJAFB Units Page". Seymour Johnson AFB. US Air Force. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
5. "Installations Worldwide - Seymour Johnson AFB" (PDF). Air Force Magazine – USAF Almanac 2019. Air Force Association: 91. June 2019.

External links

Media related to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website