Seymour Johnson Air Force Base

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Characteristics
ICAO code	KGSB
IATA code	GSB
Coordinates	35 ° 20 '22 " N , 77 ° 57' 38" W Coordinates: 35 ° 20 '22 " N , 77 ° 57' 38" W.
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