Seymour Johnson Air Force Base | |||||||
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Goldsboro,North Carolina in theUnited States of America | |||||||
![]() F-15E Strike Eagles of the4th Fighter Wing based at Seymour Johnson AFB. | |||||||
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Site information | |||||||
Type | U.S. Air Force Base | ||||||
Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||
Operator | U.S. Air Force | ||||||
Controlled by | Air Combat Command (ACC) | ||||||
Condition | Operational | ||||||
Website | www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/ | ||||||
Location | |||||||
Coordinates | 35°20′28″N77°58′00″W / 35.34111°N 77.96667°W /35.34111; -77.96667 | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1942 (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 aUnited States Air Force (USAF) base located inGoldsboro, North Carolina.[2] The base is named forU.S. Navy Lt. Seymour A. Johnson, atest pilot from Goldsboro who died in anF4F Wildcat crash nearNorbeck, Maryland, on March 5, 1941.[3]
In December 1941, $168,811 was authorized for the construction of aU.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 anaval officer.[3]
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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