Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is a

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(USAF) base located in

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. The base is named for

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Lt. Seymour A. Johnson, a

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from Goldsboro who died in an

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crash near

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, on March 5, 1941. In August 1940 the

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designated the

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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

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Based units

Flying and notable non-flying units based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. Units marked GSU are

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s, which although based at Seymour Johnson, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location.

United States Air Force

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(ACC) *

Fifteenth Air Force The Fifteenth Air Force (15 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base. It was reactivated on 20 August 2020, merging the previous units of the Ninth Air Force ...

** 4th Fighter Wing (Host Wing) ***

4th Operations Group The 4th Operations Group (4 OG) 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. The 4 OG is a direct descend ...

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333rd Fighter Squadron The 333rd Fighter Squadron is part of the 4th Operations Group, 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. It operates McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft conducting advanced fighter training. History Activat ...

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F-15E Strike Eagle The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. The F-15E was designed in the 1980s for long-range, high-speed interdiction without rely ...

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334th Fighter Squadron The 334th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 4th Operations Group and stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The 334th was constituted on 22 August 1942 as an incorporation of the No. ...

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335th Fighter Squadron The 335th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 4th Operations Group and stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The 335th was constituted on 22 August 1942 as an incorporation of the ...

– F-15E Strike Eagle ****

336th Fighter Squadron The 336th Fighter Squadron (336th FS), nicknamed ''the Rocketeers'', is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 4th Operations Group and stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The 336th was constituted on 22 ...

– F-15E Strike Eagle **** 4th Operations Support Squadron **** 4th Training Squadron *** 4th Maintenance Group **** 333rd 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 The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of commis ...

(AFRC) *

Fourth Air Force The Fourth Air Force (4 AF) is a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California. 4 AF directs the activities and supervises the training of more than 30,000 Air Force Res ...

** 916th Air Refueling Wing *** 916th Operations Group ****

77th Air Refueling Squadron The 77th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, assigned to the 916th Operations Group, stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The unit was first activated during as a Douglas C-47 Skytrain ...

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KC-46A Pegasus The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is an American military aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft developed by Boeing from its 767 jet airliner. In February 2011, the tanker was selected by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the ...

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911th Air Refueling Squadron The 911th Air Refueling Squadron is part of the 916th Air Refueling Wing at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina. The squadron is the Air Force's very first active duty squadron that is under the command of a reserve wing. In October 2016, th ...

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KC-135R Stratotanker The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner. It is the predominant variant of the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter, C-135 Strat ...

**** 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 The Tenth Air Force (10 AF) is a unit of the U.S. Air Force, specifically a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). 10 AF is headquartered at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base/Carswell Field (formerly Carswel ...

944th Fighter Wing The 944th Fighter Wing is an Air Reserve component of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The 944th is an associate unit of the 56th Fighter Wi ...

*** 414th Fighter Group (GSU) ****

307th Fighter Squadron The 307th Fighter Squadron is a McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle unit and is part of Air Force Reserve Command's 414th Fighter Group stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The mission of the 307 FS is to assist the ...

– F-15E Strike Eagle **** 414th Maintenance Squadron * 567th RED HORSE Squadron

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External links

* Installations of the United States Air Force in North Carolina Goldsboro, North Carolina Buildings and structures in Wayne County, North Carolina {{USAF-stub