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.
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Coordinates	35°20′28″N 77°58′00″W / 35.34111°N 77.96667°W / 35.34111; -77.96667
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]

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]