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 December 1941, $168,811 were 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; it is the only USAF base named in honor of a naval officer. Seymour Johnson Field was deactivated in May 1946.
In late 1952, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers arrived and demolished old buildings and began construction of new ones. Led by Goldsboro mayor Scott B. Berkeley Sr., local community leaders began a campaign to have the installation reopened. The efforts were successful, and on April 1, 1956, the renamed Seymour Johnson Air Force Base was opened for use by Tactical Air Command. Three months later, the 83rd Fighter Day Wing was assigned to the base as the primary unit.
In December 1957, the 4th Fighter Day Wing took up host responsibilities at the base from the 83rd Fighter Day Wing, which was inactivated.
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Based units
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
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Air Combat Command
Fifteenth Air Force
4th Fighter Wing (Host Wing)
4th Operations Group
333d 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
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
Fourth Air Force
916th Air Refueling Wing
916th Operations Group
77th Air Refueling Squadron – KC-46A Pegasus
911th Air Refueling Squadron – KC-46A Pegasus
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