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
Goldsboro, North Carolina. The base is named for
U.S. Navy Lt. Seymour A. Johnson, a
test pilot
A test pilot is an aircraft pilot with additional training to fly and evaluate experimental, newly produced and modified aircraft with specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques.Stinton, Darrol. ''Flying Qualities and Flight Testin ...
from Goldsboro who died in an
F4F Wildcat
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crash near
Norbeck, Maryland
Norbeck is the area of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, around Norbeck Road ( Maryland Route 28) east of Georgia Avenue to Layhill Road. Shortly before the Civil War, free blacks founded Norbeck.
History
The Sandy Spring Museum desc ...
, on March 5, 1941.
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In December 1941, $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
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Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer (NCO), or a warrant officer. However, absent ...
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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)
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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 ...
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4th Fighter Wing (Host Wing)
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4th Operations Group
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333d Fighter Squadron –
F-15E Strike Eagle
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334th Fighter Squadron – F-15E Strike Eagle
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335th Fighter Squadron – F-15E Strike Eagle
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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
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)
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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 ...
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916th Air Refueling Wing
*** 916th Operations Group
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77th Air Refueling Squadron –
KC-46A Pegasus
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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
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Tenth Air Force
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944th Fighter Wing
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414th Fighter Group (GSU)
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307th Fighter Squadron – F-15E Strike Eagle
**** 414th Maintenance Squadron
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567th RED HORSE Squadron
See also
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1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
References
External links
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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
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