Seymour Johnson Air Force Base

Goldsboro, United States

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Home of the 4th Fighter Wing, F-15E Strike Eagles.

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1942

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Goldsboro, United States

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation located near Goldsboro, North Carolina. It serves as the home of the 4th Fighter Wing, which operates the F-15E Strike Eagle, one of the most capable multi-role fighter jets in the U.S. inventory. The base is named in honor of Navy Lieutenant Seymour A. Johnson, a Goldsboro native who died in an aircraft accident in 1941. While it carries the IATA code GSB, the base is primarily a military installation and does not serve commercial passenger traffic.

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›Home of the 4th Fighter Wing, the premier F-15E Strike Eagle unit in the U.S. Air Force.
›Named after Navy Lieutenant Seymour A. Johnson, a Goldsboro native killed in a 1941 flight accident.
›The base was established in 1942 during World War II.
›In 1961, a B-52 crash near the base resulted in two nuclear weapons being accidentally dropped over Goldsboro, North Carolina.
›Seymour Johnson AFB hosts the annual Thunder Over the Carolinas air show.

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Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The base is named for U.S. Navy Lt. Seymour A. Johnson, a test pilot from Goldsboro who died in an F4F Wildcat crash near Norbeck, Maryland, on March 5, 1941.

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