Seymour Johnson Air Force Base

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.
	Seymour Johnson AFB Location in the United States
Coordinates	35°20′28″N 77°58′00″W / 35.34111°N 77.96667°WCoordinates: 35°20′28″N 77°58′00″W / 35.34111°N 77.96667°W
Type	US Air Force Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US 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 Donn C. Yates
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
08/26	3,584.4 metres (11,760 ft)
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Goldsboro, North Carolina.^[2] The base is named for Navy Lt. Seymour A. Johnson, a test pilot from Goldsboro who died in an airplane 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 Air Force base named in honor of a naval officer.^[3]

Until 2005 the Federal Bureau of Prisons had a Federal Prison Camp on the base where William Aramony was incarcerated.

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
    - 333rd 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
    - 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
    - 4th Component Maintenance Squadron
    - 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron
    - 4th Munitions Squadron
  - 4th Medical Group
  - 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-135R Stratotanker
    - 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