Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | KGSB |
IATA code | GSB |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 33 m (108 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 5 km southeast of Goldsboro |
Street | Interstate 40 , 95 , NC 117 |
Basic data | |
opening | 1942 |
operator | United States Air Force |
surface | 1300 ha |
Start-and runway | |
8/26 | 3584 m of concrete |
The Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (also Seymour Johnson AFB ) is a military airport of the United States Air Force near the city of Goldsboro in Wayne County in the state of North Carolina in the Southeastern United States . The base was founded in 1942 as a training center. Today parts of the Air Combat Command (ACC) and a unit of the Air Force Reserve Command under the command of the Air Mobility Command (AMC) are stationed there.
The airport was named after Seymour Johnson , a US Navy test pilot who died in a crash. He was never a member of the Air Force.
Stationed units
- 4th Fighter Wing
- 916th Air Refueling Wing