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  • Members of the 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron created and will be implementing a process expected to decrease discrepancies and time spent on checklists when preparing to deploy. The process is expected to have a five percent decrease in discrepancies every six months. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Airman Miranda A. Loera)

    4th LRS improves personnel readiness process at SJAFB

    Members from the 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently created a process expected to decrease discrepancies and time spent on checklists when preparing to deploy they will soon implement.
  • Airmen salute the Prisoner of War and Missing in Action flag during the Wreaths Across America ceremony, Dec. 17, 2016, at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Princeton, North Carolina. More than 50 Airmen from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina volunteered at the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Shawna L. Keyes)

    Wreaths Across America: SJ honors fallen

    Airmen from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, along with Wayne County community members participated in an annual wreath laying ceremony at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery for Wreaths Across America Day, Dec. 17, 2016.
  • Brig. Gen. John Kubinec, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex commander, greets Col. Christopher Sage, 4th Fighter Wing commander, following Sage's flight from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The F-15 Strike Eagle is at Robins Air Force Base for Programmed Depot Maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ed Aspera)

    4th Fighter Wing commander personally delivers F-15 to WR-ALC

    Col. Christopher Sage knows “Success here equals success there.” That’s why he came "here."A seasoned fighter pilot, Sage is fully appreciative of having a fine-tuned jet to fly. And since taking the helm of the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., in July, he has wanted to personally acknowledge the people who provide
  • Four F-15E Strike Eagles from the 334th Fighter Squadron prepare to take off as a precautionary measure to avoid severe weather associated with Hurricane Matthew, Oct. 6, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. More than 40 F-15E Strike Eagles and six KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft were repositioned to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana to avoid potential damage from severe weather associated with Matthew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Shawna L. Keyes)

    SJ begins recovery from Hurricane Matthew

    More than 40 F-15E Strike Eagles from the 4th Fighter Wing and five KC-135R Stratotankers from the 916th Air Refueling Wing were repositioned to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Oct. 6, 2016, as a precautionary measure due to Hurricane Matthew. The 916th provided support to the more than 200 support personnel from the 4th FW by evacuating Airmen in several of their aircraft, along with equipment that was repositioned to Barksdale AFB.

  • Team Seymour tracks Hurricane Matthew

    UPDATE, Oct. 6, 9:30 a.m.: Hurricane Matthew is a strong Category 3 hurricane located 255 miles southeast of West Palm Beach, Florida, moving northwest at 12 miles per hour. Matthew will move into a more favorable environment over the next several hours and is forecast to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane before encroaching on the Florida coastline. Matthew will move up the eastern seaboard and is expected to make an eastward turn late Saturday into Sunday and begin to move southward back toward the Bahamas on Monday into Tuesday. Based upon the current track, Fort Fisher is still expected to see tropical storm conditions and heavy rain with upward of 10 - 12 inches. Gusty winds and 4 - 6 inches of rain are expected here at Seymour Johnson. Localized flooding is expected in the area.
  • Officers from various fighter squadrons lift a piano into a burning pit, Sept. 23, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Pianos are burned every year in memory of the Battle of Britain during World War II and those pilots who never came home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Shawna L. Keyes)

    Members of Team Seymour commemorate Battle of Britain

    The 4th Fighter Wing commemorated the 76th anniversary of the Battle of Britain Sept. 23, 2016, which celebrates the victory over the German Luftwaffe during World War II. The evening began with a formal event with speeches from Dr. Roy Heidicker, 4th FW historian, and guest speaker, retired Lt. Col. Charles Konsler, a WWII veteran and pilot of the 335th Fighter Squadron. The informal part of the night ended with the burning of seven donated pianos. Each piano was decorated by some of the squadrons at Seymour Johnson AFB and judged by Col. Christopher Sage, 4th FW commander, and Flt. Lt. Douglas McKay, Royal Air Force exchange officer and pilot assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron.
  • Jim Rowley (far left), Felicia Hutto (center left), and Howard Rowley (center right), family members of William Dunn, British Royal Air Force Squadron 71 member and first American ace of World War II, along with Lt. Col. Nathan Mead (right), 334th Fighter Squadron commander, unveil a memorial dedicated to the British Royal Air Force Squadron 71 members, July 8, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The 334th FS traces its roots to the RAF Squadron 71 during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ashley Williamson)

    334th FS honors history

    The 334th Fighter Squadron unveiled a memorial dedicated to their founding squadron, the British Royal Air Force Squadron 71, July 8, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.
  • The Isometrics R-11 Refueler team tests the truck’s revolutions per minute and fuel consumption, May 17, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Seymour Johnson AFB was chosen as a test facility to determine adjustments before distribution to the military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ashley Williamson)

    Seymour Johnson AFB tests new military refueling unit

    Airmen from the 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron participated in afirst-time military testing of a new Isometrics R-11 Refueler Unit May 16, 2016, atSeymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The Airmen conducted fueling operations on F-15E Strike Eagles and KC-135 Stratotankers to assisted the designers field testing and trail runs of the
  • An F-15E Strike Eagle takes off in route to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, for exercise Combat Hammer, April 29, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Approximately 14 F-15Es from the 336th Fighter Squadron left for the two-week exercise for combat training and weapons testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Shawna L. Keyes/Released)

    336th FS leaves for Combat Hammer

    Approximately 14 F-15Es from the 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina left for to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, for exercise Combat Hammer, April 29, 2016. The two-week exercise for will include F-15E combat training and weapons testing.
  • Jeffrey Dyer, 4th Fighter Wing Judge Advocate court reporter, stands at the court reporting position inside the 4th FW courtroom April 21, 2016. Dyer will retire April 29, 2016, following 45 years of service both as an active duty Airman and a civilian court reporter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chuck Broadway)

    45 years filling "Dyer" needs

    Twoscore and five years ago, a young man named Jeffrey Dyer signed up to join the United States Air Force performing aircraft security as an air police member. It was 1967 and the country was entrenched in the Vietnam conflict, the Beatles and "The Beverly Hillbillies" dominated radio and TV and the first ATM was put into service. Following a
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