KGSB Seymour Johnson Air Force Base IFR

  • Name
    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    KGSB / GSB / KGSB
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    2:14 am (EST)
  • Municipality
    Goldsboro
  • Coordinates
    35° 20′ 21″ N 77° 57′ 38″ E
  • Elevation
    109 ft (33 m MSL)

About Seymour Johnson Air Force Base

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.

In August 1940 the War Department designated the airport as essential to national defense. In December 1940, $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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