Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is a

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...

(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 December 1941, $168,811 was authorized for the construction of a

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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

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 The Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine List of Major Commands of the United States Air Force, Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon. It is the prim ...

(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 Forc ...

4th Fighter Wing The 4th Fighter Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command's Fifteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, where it is also the host unit. The wing is one of two Air Forc ...

(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 descendan ...

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333d 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. Intended for the Dual-Role Fighter (DRF) program (initially called Enhanced Tactical Fi ...

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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. ...

– F-15E Strike Eagle ****

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 **** 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 The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a MAJCOM, 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 ...

(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 Reserv ...

916th Air Refueling Wing The 916th Air Refueling Wing is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Fourth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. If mobilized, the ...

*** 916th Operations Group **** 77th Air Refueling Squadron – KC-46A Pegasus ****

911th Air Refueling Squadron The 911th Air Refueling Squadron is part of the 305th Operations Group, and is stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The squadron was the Air Force's first active duty squadron under the command of a reserve wing. In Oc ...

– 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 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 ...

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414th Fighter Group The 414th Fighter Group is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 944th Fighter Wing of Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The ...

(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 4th ...

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

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

Based units

United States Air Force

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