Worst Air Force Base Name Ever

[Rex]

I was looking up remaining F-15E squadrons in the USA, and I discovered that the main ones left are in the USAF 4th Fighter Wing stationed at ... Seymour Johnson AFB in North Carolina.  

I'd definitely ask for a transfer if they tried to send me there.

 

 

 

Edited June 24, 2023 by Rex

[Hayrake YE-ZB]

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I'd definitely ask for a transfer if they tried to send me there.

 

Really? How does your résumé look in comparison?

“Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., is named in honor of Navy Lt. Seymour A. Johnson, a Goldsboro native who died in an airplane crash near Norbeck, Md., on March 5, 1941.

Lieutenant Johnson was born in Goldsboro on Feb. 15, 1904, and was the son of Dr. John N. and Lilly Johnson of Goldsboro. He graduated from Goldsboro High School in 1920 and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for three years before entering the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.

After graduating from the academy, Lieutenant Johnson was commissioned as an ensign and entered flight training at Pensacola, Fla. He received his pilot wings in 1929. After completing flight training, he served as a pilot aboard battleships and aircraft carriers.

In 1937 he volunteered for duty as a test pilot, an assignment usually lasting two years. He was assigned to Anacostia Naval Air Station beginning in 1938 and served as a test pilot until his final mission on March 5, 1941. Lieutenant Johnson reported that he was at 43,000 feet and was getting low on oxygen. His Grumman F4F-3 fighter plane crashed near Norbeck, Md., and his death was attributed to a lack of oxygen at high altitude. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

The lieutenant had more than 4,000 hours in a variety of Naval and Grumman Aircraft Corporation aircraft. He had been selected for promotion to commander in June 1941.

In August 1940 the War Department designated the airport near Goldsboro 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.

The name became official on Oct. 30, 1942, when Congressman Graham H. Barden informed the Goldsboro News-Argus that "the Army Air Forces Technical Training School in Goldsboro had been named Seymour Johnson Field."

Note: Seymour Johnson is the only Air Force base named in honor of a naval officer.”
 

https://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Lt-Seymour-A-Johnson/

Edited June 24, 2023 by Hayrake YE-ZB

[cazub]

I heard his commanding officer was Admiral Dixon Butts

[strikeeagle]

On 6/24/2023 at 12:33 AM, Rex said:

I was looking up remaining F-15E squadrons in the USA, and I discovered that the main ones left are in the USAF 4th Fighter Wing stationed at ... Seymour Johnson AFB in North Carolina.  

I'd definitely ask for a transfer if they tried to send me there.

 

 

 

 

I was stationed there for 9 years.  We just called it Shady J or just plain old Seymour.

[Rex]

On 6/24/2023 at 12:38 AM, Hayrake YE-ZB said:

 

Really? How does your résumé look in comparison?
https://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Lt-Seymour-A-Johnson/

 

Sounds like a great guy.  I bet he had a sense of humor too.

[Hayrake YE-ZB]

I’m sure he and his next of kin would get a chuckle over a ground pounding stranger making fun of his name. 
 

Most bases are named after Veterans who paid the ultimate price while serving, or distinguished themselves by achievements unrivaled by anyone in these forums. 

[agamemnon_b5]

Of all the decades of knowing and saying that base's name, I've never thought of it as the OP did.  Probably because I'm not a 5 year-old.

[Rex]

1 hour ago, agamemnon_b5 said:

Of all the decades of knowing and saying that base's name, I've never thought of it as the OP did.  Probably because I'm not a 5 year-old.

Agreed 100%.  Declaring one's superiority for thinking differently than another person is the ultimate sign of human maturity.  Me good/you bad is also the most prevalent type of post on the Internet by a pretty wide margin, meaning that you're clearly in the sizable company of fellow mature folks.

 

 

[Rex]

6 hours ago, Hayrake YE-ZB said:

I’m sure he and his next of kin would get a chuckle over a ground pounding stranger making fun of his name.

Most bases are named after Veterans who paid the ultimate price while serving, or distinguished themselves by achievements unrivaled by anyone in these forums. 

I'm willing to bet that neither himself or next of kin would give a rabid dog fart about any of it, and are probably well aware of the wide variance in senses of humor amongst the human population at large. They also no-doubt possess the wisdom to realize that attempts to dictate the funniness, or lack thereof, to each person they encounter, is a futile effort which is completely unworthy of their time and consideration.

And I don't think you have any idea what the people in these forums have achieved.  In fact, I'm 100% sure that you do not.

I may indeed be immature and have an infantile sense of humor, but in my opinion, you're a ... (gee BigNewy ... how can I legally express this?) ... donkey cavity?

I don't think your hold on the moral high-ground is as tight as you think it is.  This whole "you've sullied the name of a hero by finding amusement in it" routine just feels silly and contrived.  Like most Internet outrage, it just feels "everyone look at me" phony.  In my humble opinion, of course.

Edited June 27, 2023 by Rex

[Hayrake YE-ZB]

I appreciate your confession. 

[Rex]

39 minutes ago, Hayrake YE-ZB said:

I appreciate your confession. 

you're welcome, have a nice day

Edited June 27, 2023 by Rex