• Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform

    Air Force leaders announced the service will move to a single combat utility uniform, adopting the Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, already in use by the Army and Airmen in combat zones and in certain jobs across the Air Force.Starting Oct. 1, 2018, Airmen who have serviceable OCPs may wear

  • Three-day exercise tests readiness of SJ Airmen

    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Airmen ran through a gauntlet of tests during a three-day force protection condition, active shooter and mass casualty exercise May 7-9, 2018.The exercise was conducted to test the base and local first responders’ ability to react to a variety of scenarios, all

  • NASCAR driver visits Team Seymour

    Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr., NASCAR driver, talks with Capt. Skylor Helm, 333rd Fighter Squadron, about aircrew flight equipment at the 333rd FS building May 9, 2018, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Wallace visited the base as he prepares for the Coca Cola 600 at the Charlotte

  • Col. Aaron Meyers takes command of 4th Operations Group

    Col. Christopher Sage (left), 4th Fighter Wing commander, performs the guidon handoff with Col. Richard Dickens (center), outbound 4th Operations Group commander, at the 4th OG change of command, May 4, 2018, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Dickens held command as the 4th OG

  • Local civic leaders learn SJ, Mountain Home mission, challenges

    Members of 4th Fighter Wing leadership accompanied 27 local civic leaders as they learned more about the Air Force during a two-day trip to Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, April 26-27.During this immersion, the civic leaders flew from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, to Mountain

  • 4th AMXS Airmen compete in quarterly load crew competition

    Airmen from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron compete in teams of three against each other during a load crew competition, April 20, 2018, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Four crews of three competed against each other with the 335th Aircraft Maintenance Unit coming out on

  • ATC Airmen fly with local pilots

    Aircraft line-up in preparation to taxi to the runway during a Controller Appreciation event, April 21, 2018, in Pikeville, North Carolina. Local pilots treat air traffic controllers from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, to individual flights as a thank you to all they do in the ATC

  • Team Seymour, city of Goldsboro hold ribbon cutting for sports complex

    The Honorable John W. Henderson, assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and energy, and Goldsboro Mayor Chuck Allen cut the ribbon during the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Bryan Multi-Sports Complex in Goldsboro, North Carolina, April 23, 2018. The newly opened sports

  • When you can give, the Air Force Assistance Fund gives back

    Since 1942, the AFAF campaign has been run by the Air Force family to help the Air Force family. Whether we are aware of it or not, each of us knows someone who has been helped by the Fund. Anything we can do today helps ensure that assistance will be available for other Airmen and other families