List of United States Air Force Groups
This is a list of Groups in the United States Air Force that do not belong to a host wing.
The last level of independent operation is the group level. When an organization is not part of the primary mission of the base it will be made an independent group. They may report to a wing or they may be completely independent (the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess Air Force Base). They may also be organized as an expeditionary unit, independent but too small to warrant a wing designation. The organization of the independent group is usually similar to the operations group, but with a few squadrons or flight from the support side added to make the organization more self-sufficient, but not large enough to become a wing.
Current Groups
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Inactive Groups
[edit]The 1st, 2nd, and 9th Aeromedical Evacuation Groups all previously existed.
The 427th Special Operations Training Squadron (tail code IJ) at England Air Force Base, Louisiana, flew the Cessna A-37 Dragonfly (OA-37B FAC variant) from 1970–1972, assigned to the provisional 4410th Special Operations Training Group, Tactical Air Command.
During and immediately after the Korean War, Tactical Air Command (TAC) trained aircrews for the Douglas B-26 Invader at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The three squadrons of the 4400th Combat Crew Training Group performing this mission were Air National Guard units that had been mobilized for the war. At the start of 1953, these squadrons were returned to state control and the 423d Bombardment Squadron was activated[1] and took over the mission, personnel, and equipment of the 117th Bombardment Squadron, which returned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.[2] In January 1954, the group mission shifted to tactical bombardment and it was redesignated the 4400th Bombardment Group. The group expected to transition to Martin B-57 Canberra aircraft. As this was to take place, TAC decided to replace the Table of Distribution 4400th Group and its squadrons with the regular 345th Bombardment Group, which took over their mission in July 1954[3] and the 423d BS was inactivated.[1]
In 1988, Tactical Air Command activated the 4443rd Test and Evaluation Group as an operational test unit at Eglin Air Force Base, an Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) base.
The 4450th Standardization Evaluation Group (SEG) was activated in the early 1960s.[2]
Colonel Abner M. Aust served as Deputy Commander and then Commander of the 6002nd Standardization Evaluation Group at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, from September 1963 to June 1965.[4] The group was inactivated on 20 November 1967.[3]
It appears that the 6903rd, 6912th, 6917th, and 6920th Electronic Security Groups all previously existed. The 6922d Security Group was activated in April 1970 at Clark Air Base in the Philippines.[5] Initially, the group intercepted and listened to foreign electronic communications through subordinate detachments ranging from Thailand through Japan. With the withdrawal of the United States from Vietnam, operations were substantially reduced, and by 1974 were limited to direction finding, and the group was reduced to the 6922d Security Squadron.
After the departure of its last flying squadron, the 25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing wing continued to wind down operations at Chambley Air Base, France, until 15 October 1966, when it inactivated, although it was no longer operational.[6] Its remaining support personnel were transferred to the 7367th Tactical Group, which managed US Air Force operations at Chambley until they terminated in April 1967.[7][8]
The 7382nd Guided Missile Group (Tactical) was stationed at Hahn Air Base, West Germany, in the 1960s, before being replaced by the 701st Tactical Missile Wing.
| Group | Shield | Location | MAJCOM / DRU |
Years active |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311th Air Base Group |  |
Brooks City-Base | AFMC | ???? – 2011 |
| 368th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group | Iraq | AFCENT | Inactivated 18 Dec 2011[9] | |
| 370th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group |  |
New Al Muthana AB, Iraq | USAFCENT | 200? – 2011 |
| 467th Air Expeditionary Group[10] | Iraq | USAFCENT | Inactivated 18 Dec 2011[9] | |
| 586th Air Expeditionary Group |  |
Iraq | USAFCENT | 2005–2010[11] |
| 732nd Air Expeditionary Group |  |
Iraq | USAFCENT | Replaced by 467 AEG |
| 755th Air Expeditionary Group[12] |  |
Afghanistan | USAFCENT | Replaced by 466 AEG |
| 800th Air Base Group | Whiteman AFB, MO | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 800th Combat Support Group | |
| 801st Air Base Group | Lockbourne AFB, OH | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 801st Combat Support Group | |
| 802nd Air Base Group | Schilling AFB, KS | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 802nd Combat Support Group | |
| 803rd Air Base Group | Davis–Monthan AFB, AZ | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 803rd Combat Support Group | |
| 804th Air Base Group | Hunter AFB, GA | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 804th Combat Support Group | |
| 805th Air Base Group | Barksdale AFB, LA | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 805th Combat Support Group | |
| 806th Air Base Group | Lake Charles AFB, LA | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 806th Combat Support Group | |
| 807th Air Base Group | March AFB, CA | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 807th Combat Support Group | |
| 808th Air Base Group | March AFB, CA | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 808th Combat Support Group | |
| 809th Air Base Group | Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, WY | SAC | ||
| 810th Air Base Group | Biggs AFB, TX | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 810th Combat Support Group | |
| 811th Air Base Group | Bergstrom AFB, TX | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 811th Combat Support Group | |
| 812th Air Base Group | Walker AFB, NM | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 812th Combat Support Group | |
| 813th Air Base Group | Pinecastle AFB, FL | SAC | ||
| 814th Air Base Group | Fairchild AFB, WA | SAC | Relocated: 1955 | |
| 814th Air Base Group | Westover AFB, MA | SAC | Redesignated 1960 | |
| 815th Air Base Group | Forbes AFB, KS | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 815th Combat Support Group | |
| 816th Air Base Group | Altus AFB, OK | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 816th Combat Support Group | |
| 817th Air Base Group | Pease AFB, NH | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 817th Combat Support Group | |
| 818th Air Base Group | Lincoln AFB, NE | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 818th Combat Support Group | |
| 819th Air Base Group | Dyess AFB, TX | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 819th Combat Support Group | |
| 820th Air Base Group | Plattsburgh AFB, NY | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 820th Combat Support Group | |
| 821st Air Base Group | Ellsworth AFB, SD | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 821st Combat Support Group | |
| 822nd Air Base Group | Turner AFB, GA | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 822nd Combat Support Group | |
| 823rd Air Base Group | Homestead AFB, FL | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 823rd Combat Support Group | |
| 824th Air Base Group | Carswell AFB, TX | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 824th Combat Support Group | |
| 825th Air Base Group | Little Rock AFB, AR | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 825th Combat Support Group | |
| 862nd Air Base Group | Minot AFB, ND | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 862nd Combat Support Group | |
| 866th Combat Support Group | McConnell AFB, KS | SAC | ||
| 1000th Satellite Operations Group | Offutt AFB, NB | Air Force Space Command | 1 May 1983 - 31 July 1992, 1st Space Wing | |
| 1503rd Air Transport Group | ||||
| 1600th Air Transport Group | ||||
| 1607th Air Transport Group | ||||
| 1700th Air Transport Group | ||||
| 1701st Air Transport Group | ||||
| 1703rd Air Transport Group | ||||
| 1705th Air Transport Group | ||||
| 1706th Air Transport Group (Aeromedical Evacuation) | Discontinued 1956 - see 13th Aeromedical Airlift Squadron | |||
| 918th Armament Systems Group |  |
Eglin AFB, FL | AFMC | |
| 1001st Air Base Group | Andrews AFB | MATS | Base operating group for Andrews Air Force Base from 1 July 1968 to 1 July 1969.[13] | |
| 1450th Medical Air Evacuation Group | Andrews AFB | MATS? | 4 January 1969 - 6 September 1969.[14] | |
| 1931st Communications Group | ||||
| 2049th Communications Group | McClellan AFB, CA | AFCC | ||
| 2714th Ammunition Supply Group (Depot) | Tachikawa Air Base, Japan | 1 October 1955 - 1 June 1956 | ||
| 3200th Proof Test Group | ||||
| 3205th Drone Group | ||||
| 3700th Technical Training Group | Sheppard AFB, TX | Air Training Command | From 1 February 1992, succeeded 3700th TTW | |
| 3906rd Air Base Group | Sidi Slimane Air Base, French Morocco | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 3906th Combat Support Group | |
| 3909rd Air Base Group | RAF Greenham Common, UK | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 3909th Combat Support Group | |
| 3910th Air Base Group |  |
RAF Lakenheath / RAF Mildenhall, UK | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 3910th Combat Support Group |
| 3911th Air Base Group | RAF West Drayton, UK | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 3911th Combat Support Group | |
| 3914th Air Base Group | RAF Chelveston, UK | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 3914th Combat Support Group | |
| 3917th Air Base Group | RAF Manston, UK | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 3917th Combat Support Group | |
| 3918th Air Base Group | RAF Upper Heyford, UK | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 3918th Combat Support Group and in 1964 as the 3918th Strategic Wing | |
| 3919th Air Base Group | RAF Fairford, UK | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 3919th Combat Support Group | |
| 3920th Air Base Group | RAF Brize Norton, UK | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 3920th Combat Support Group and in 1964 as the 3920th Strategic Wing | |
| 3922nd Combat Support Group | Nouasseur Air Base, French Morocco | SAC | ||
| 3926th Combat Support Group | Ben Guerir Air Base, French Morocco | SAC | ||
| 3928th Air Base Group | RAF Sturgate, UK | SAC | 1954-57; redesignated 1960 as 3928th Combat Support Group | |
| 3936th Combat Support Group | Boulhaut Air Base, French Morocco | SAC | ||
| 3960th Air Base Group | Andersen AFB, Guam | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 3960th Combat Support Group and in 1964 as the 3960th Strategic Wing | |
| 3970th Combat Support Group | Torrejon AB, Spain | SAC | Redesignated in 1964 as the 3970th Strategic Wing | |
| 3973rd Air Base Group | Moron AB, Spain | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 3973rd Combat Support Group and in 1964 as the 3973rd Strategic Wing | |
| 3974th Combat Support Group | Zaragoza AB, Spain | SAC | ||
| 4000th Support Group | Offutt AFB, NB | SAC | 4000th SG organized on 1 February 1963; redesignated 4000th Aerospace Application Group on 1 January 1973; redesignated 4000th Satellite Operations Group on 3 April 1981 | |
| 4037th Air Base Group | Altus AFB, OK | TAC | Base operating group for Altus Air Force Base 15 Oct - 18 Nov. 1953.[15] | |
| 4082nd Air Base Group | CFB Goose Bay, Canada | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 4082nd Combat Support Group and in 1964 as the 4082nd Strategic Wing | |
| 4083rd Air Base Group | Thule AB, Greenland | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 4083rd Air Base Wing and later as the 4083rd Strategic Wing | |
| 4084th Air Base Group | Sondrestrom Air Base, Greenland | SAC | ||
| 4157th Combat Support Group | Eielson AFB, AK | SAC | Redesignated 1964 as the 4157th Strategic Wing | |
| 4158th Air Base Group | Elmendorf Field, AK | SAC | Redesignated 1960 as 4158th Combat Support Group and in 1964 as the 4158th Strategic Wing | |
| 4402nd Tactical Training Group | Shaw AFB, SC | TAC | Aircraft | |
| 4450th Tactical Group |  |
Tonopah Test Range Airport / Nellis AFB, NV | TAC | |
| 4460th Tactical Control Group | Waco, TX | TAC | Discontinued (disbanded) 1 March 1966. | |
| 6029th Support Group | Chitose Air Base, Japan | 8–31 December 1957 | ||
| 6332nd Air Base Group | Kadena Air Base, Okinawa | FEAF | April 1949 – January 1950, then redesignated 6332nd Air Base Wing | |
| 6400th Air Base Group | Tachikawa Air Base, Japan | FEAF? | 1 Feb 1952– ????; redesignation of pre-1 Feb 1952 13th Air Base Group | |
| 6400th Maintenance & Supply Group | Tachikawa Air Base, Japan | FEAF? | 1 Feb 1952 - unknown | |
| 6401st Ammunition Supply Group (Depot) | Tachikawa Air Base, Japan | FEAF? | 1 Dec 1954– ????; stationed at FEAMCOM AB, a sub-installation of Tachikawa AB | |
| 6481st Medical Air Evacuation Group | Tachikawa Air Base, Japan | FEAF? | 18 June 1953– ????; the 6481st MAEG, a Table of Distribution unit, replaced the 801st MAES.[16] | |
| 6594th Test Group |  |
Hickam AFB, HI | AFSC | |
| 6900th Communications-Computer Group | Lackland AFB, TX | Electronic Security Command | 1 April 1991, redesignated Air Intelligence Agency Intelligence Systems Group on 1 October 1993. | |
| 6937th Communications Group |  |
Peshawar Air Station, Pakistan | Group at the base from July 17, 1959[17] until being evacuated on 7 January 1970.[18][19] | |
| 7020th Air Base Group |  |
Ramstein AB, Germany | USAFE | |
| 7030th Air Base Group | Ramstein AB, Germany | USAFE | ||
| 7375th Combat Support Group | RAF Sculthorpe, UK | |||
| 7382nd Guided Missile Group | Hahn Air Base, West Germany | USAFE | Later 7382nd Tactical Missile Group; supervised 69th Tactical Missile Squadron, 15 April 1956 – 15 September 1956 | |
| 7416th Aeromedical Evacuation Group | Évreux-Fauville Air Base, France[20] | USAFE | 7416 AEG and its assigned units were reorganized on 8 April 1957 as the 2nd AEG, comprised the 1st, 3rd, and 7th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons and the 18th Casualty Staging Flight.[21] | |
| 7499th Support Group | Wiesbaden, Germany | USAFE | ||
| 7560th Air Base Group | RAF Alconbury, UK | USAFE | ||
| 7575th Operations Group |  |
Wiesbaden AB / Rhein-Main AB, Germany | USAFE | |
| Group | Shield | Location | MAJCOM / DRU |
Years active |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 519–520
- ^ See Mueller, p. 315
- ^ See Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 225–226
- ^ Veteran Tributes. "Abner M. Aust". Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Lacomia, John M. (15 July 2015). "Factsheet 315 Cyberspace Operations Squadron (AFSPC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ Ravenstein, pp. 46–47
- ^ McAuliffe 2005, p. 182.
- ^ "Abstract, Terminal History of Chambley Air Base and 7367 Tactical Group". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ a b Air expeditionary units inactivate after last Airmen leave Iraq Archived 3 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sanjay Allen, 467th AEG provides world-class support to IA, JET Airmen, 22 November 2010, Air Component Coordination Element-Iraq Public Affairs
- ^ Air Force bids farewell to 586th AEG Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs, 17 June 2010
- ^ 755th Air Expeditionary Group members celebrate one year with JET Airmen
- ^ Mueller 1989, pp. 5, 8.
- ^ Mueller 1989, p. 11.
- ^ Mueller 1989, p. 1.
- ^ 801st Medical Air Evacuation Squadron
- ^ "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–7, Documents on South Asia, 1969–1972 – Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
- ^ "New Page 1". www.6937th.org.
- ^ History of the base during American use Archived 2011-05-08 at the Library of Congress Web Archives. Peshawar Air Station Alumni Association.
- ^ Annual Report of the USAF Medical Service, 291.
- ^ Fifth Report of the USAF Medical Service, 21.
- McAuliffe, Lt Col Jerome J. (2005). U.S. Air Force in France 1950-1967. San Diego, CA: Milspec Press. ISBN 978-0-9770371-1-7.
- Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Sources
[edit]USAF Historical Research Agency list of current Groups and Wings.
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