Seymour Johnson Air Force Base | |||||||
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Goldsboro, North Carolina in the United States of America | |||||||
Coordinates | 35°20′28″N77°58′00″W / 35.34111°N 77.96667°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 | ||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] |
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]
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. [3]
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.
Air Combat Command (ACC)
Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)
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The 4th Operations Group is the flying component of the 4th Fighter Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Air Combat Command. The group is stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.
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