Seymour Johnson Air Force Base

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.
F-15E Strike Eagles of the 4th Fighter Wing based at Seymour Johnson AFB.
Seymour Johnson AFB is located in North America
Seymour Johnson AFB
Seymour Johnson AFB
Location in North America
Seymour Johnson AFB is located in the United States
Seymour Johnson AFB
Seymour Johnson AFB
Location in the United States
Seymour Johnson AFB is located in North Carolina
Seymour Johnson AFB
Seymour Johnson AFB
Location in North Carolina
Seymour Johnson AFB is located in North Atlantic
Seymour Johnson AFB
Seymour Johnson AFB
Seymour Johnson AFB (North Atlantic)
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
In use 1942 – present
Garrison information
Current
commander		 Colonel Kurt Helphenstine
Garrison
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

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Goldsboro, North Carolina. 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.

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 USAF base named in honor of a naval officer.

Based units

Flying and notable non-flying units based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.

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
      • 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)

See also