• REST pillows provide good night’s sleep across world

    When a loved one is deployed for months at a time, one of the hardest things to deal with is not seeing their face before going to bed at night or when waking up in the morning. The Airman and Family Readiness Center here has a program to help combat the separation blues. The Readiness Emergency

  • Please step out of your vehicle

    It may be embarrassing to be pulled over by 4th Security Forces Squadron patrolmen for a random vehicle inspection while entering base, but it is just a small part of what keeps our base safe.

  • RODEO: Reserve wing brings trophies back to Goldsboro

    On July 24, the 916th RODEO team learned the results of their hard work this past week at Air Mobility Command's RODEO competition. They weren't disappointed. At closing ceremonies on Friday afternoon the combined active duty and Reserve team won top honors as the Best KC-135 Team at the

  • Look out

    Airmen in the Air Traffic Control tower ensure the air field stays safe.

  • Got Mail?

    The base post office receives approximately 800 packages and 1,500 letters weekly.

  • Jack of all trades

    Staff Sgt Zackary Pitts, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron power productions section, is awarded the Bronze Star by Col. Mark D. Kelly, 4th Fighter Wing commander, on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., July 20, 2009. While on an in-lieu-of assignment attached to the 755th Air Expeditionary Group in

  • Not your typical computer geek

     The power of motivation is amazing. It can take on any obstacle, adversity or hardship. Sometimes, hardships fuel one's drive to complete their goals, knowing in the end they will be much more self- fulfilled having completed something they may have thought was impossible. An ambition to be healthy

  • Team Seymour remembers fallen heroes

    Members of Team Seymour gathered July 28 at Heritage Park to remember two 4th Fighter Wing fallen heroes. Captains Mark "Pitbull" McDowell and Thomas "Lag" Gramith, 336th Fighter Squadron, were killed July 18 when their F-15E Strike Eagle went down in eastern Afghanistan. The memorial service

  • Ready to lock and load

    The F-15E can carry 510 rounds for the M61A1, which can be exhausted in five seconds firing 4,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute.