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 Group Shield Location MAJCOM/DRU Weapons System 1st Air Support Operations Group Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington PACAF 1st Weather Group (WXG) Offutt AFB, Nebraska AFWA 2nd Weather Group Offutt AFB, Nebraska AFWA 3rd Air Support Operations Group Fort Cavazos, Texas ACC 3rd Combat Communications Group (CCG) Tinker AFB, Oklahoma AFSPC 4th Air Support Operations Group Campbell Barracks, Germany USAFE 5th Combat Communications Group Robins AFB, Georgia AFSPC 18th Air Support Operations Group Pope Field, North Carolina ACC 23rd Fighter Group Moody AFB, Georgia ACC A-10 26th Network Operations Group Joint Base San Antonio, Texas AFSPC 38th Cyberspace Engineering Group Tinker AFB, Oklahoma AFSPC 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group Pope Field, North Carolina AMC 44th Fighter Group Holloman AFB, New Mexico AFRC F-22 53rd Electronic Warfare Group Eglin AFB, Florida ACC 53rd Test and Evaluation Group Nellis AFB, Nevada ACC 53rd Test Management Group Eglin AFB, Florida ACC 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group Tyndall AFB, Florida ACC QF-4 54th Fighter Group Holloman AFB, New Mexico AETC F-16 55th Electronic Combat Group Davis–Monthan AFB, Arizona ACC EC-130 61st Air Base Group Los Angeles AFB, California AFSPC 64th Air Expeditionary Group Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia USAFCENT 65th Air Base Group Lajes Field, Azores USAFE 66th Air Base Group Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts AFMC 69th Reconnaissance Group Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota ACC 162nd Combat Communications Group North Highlands ANGS, California AFSPC/ANG 170th Group Offutt AFB, Nebraska ACC/ANG 214th Reconnaissance Group Davis–Monthan AFB, Arizona ACC/ANG 226th Combat Communications Group Abston ANGS, Alabama AFSPC/ANG 251st Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group Springfield ANGB, Ohio AFSPC/ANG 253rd Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group Otis ANGB, Massachusetts AFSPC/ANG 254th Combat Communications Group Hensley Field, Texas AFSPC/ANG 306th Flying Training Group USAF Academy, Colorado AETC 308th Armament Systems Group Inactive AFMC 317th Airlift Group Dyess AFB, Texas AMC C-130 318th Information Operations Group Joint Base San Antonio, Texas AFSPC 328th Armament Systems Group Inactive AFMC 336th Training Group Fairchild AFB, Washington AETC UH-1 340th Flying Training Group Joint Base San Antonio, Texas AFRC T-1A T-6 T-37 T-38 347th Rescue Group Moody AFB, Georgia ACC HC-130 HH-60 353rd Special Operations Group Kadena AB, Japan AFSOC MC-130 MH-53 360th Recruiting Group Defense Distribution Center Susquehanna AETC 363rd Training Group Al Dhafra AB, United Arab Emirates USAFCENT 367th Recruiting Group Robins AFB, Georgia AETC 369th Recruiting Group Lackland AFB, Texas AETC 372nd Recruiting Group Hill AFB, Utah AETC 381st Training Group Vandenberg AFB, California AETC Minuteman III 387th Air Expeditionary Group Kuwait City IAP, Kuwait USAFCENT 404th Air Expeditionary Group Ramstein AB, Germany USAFE C-130 407th Air Expeditionary Group Iraq USAFCENT 408th Armament Systems Group Inactive AFMC 409th Air Expeditionary Group Ramstein AB, Germany USAFE C-130 413th Flight Test Group Robins AFB, Georgia AFRC 414th Fighter Group Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina AFRC 420th Air Base Group RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, England USAFE 422nd Air Base Group RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire, England USAFE 423rd Air Base Group RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire, England USAFE 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan USAFCENT 447th Air Expeditionary Group Baghdad International Airport, Iraq USAFCENT 449th Air Expeditionary Group Camp Lemonier, Djibouti USAFE 463rd Airlift Group Inactive AMC 466th Air Expeditionary Group Afghanistan AFCENT 476th Fighter Group Moody AFB, Georgia AFRC A-10 477th Fighter Group Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska AFRC F-22 495th Fighter Group Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina AFRC F-16 A-10 504th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group Bagram AB, Afghanistan USAFCENT 506th Air Expeditionary Group Inactive USAFCENT 513th Air Control Group Tinker AFB, Oklahoma AFRC E-3 526th ICBM Systems Group Inactive AFMC 563rd Rescue Group Davis–Monthan AFB, Arizona ACC HH-60/HC-130 582nd Helicopter Group F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming AFGSC UH-1 595th Command and Control Group Offutt AFB, Nebraska AFGSC 605th Air Operations Group Inactive PACAF 607th Air Support Operations Group Osan AB, South Korea PACAF 611th Air Support Group Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska PACAF 615th Air Mobility Operations Group Travis AFB, California AMC 621st Air Mobility Operations Group Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey AMC 688th Cyberspace Operations Group Scott AFB, Illinois AFSPC 690th Network Support Group Joint Base San Antonio, Texas AFSPC 708th Armament Systems Group Inactive AFMC 715th Air Mobility Operations Group Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii AMC 720th Special Tactics Group Hurlburt Field, Florida AFSOC 721st Air Mobility Operations Group Ramstein AB, Germany AMC 728th Armament Systems Group Inactive AFMC 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan USAFCENT 752nd Special Operations Group RAF Mildenhall, UK AFSOC MC-130 MH-53 808th Armament Systems Group Inactive AFMC 820th Base Defense Group Moody AFB, Georgia ACC 821st Air Base Group Thule AB, Greenland AFSPC 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group Shindand AB, Afghanistan USAFCENT 844th Communications Group Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, DC AFDW 917th Fighter Group Barksdale AFB, Louisiana AFRC 924th Fighter Group Davis–Monthan AFB, Arizona AFRC 926th Group Nellis AFB, Nevada AFRC 931st Air Refueling Group McConnell AFB, Kansas AFRC KC-135 943rd Rescue Group Davis–Monthan AFB, Arizona AFRC HH-60 960th Cyberspace Operations Group Lackland AFB, Texas AFRC/AFSPC

Inactive Groups 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 activatedMaurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 519–520 and took over the mission, personnel, and equipment of the 117th Bombardment Squadron, which returned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.See Mueller, p. 315 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 1954See Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 225–226 and the 423d BS was inactivated.

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 4443rd Tactics and Training Group (Air Warrior), aligned under the 35th Tactical Training Wing, was active at George Air Force Base, Ca., in 1989.Cumulative Impacts of Aircraft Realignments and Air Warrior Relocation at George Air Force Base, California, 7 August 1989 It was inactivated in 1991.

The 4450th Standardization Evaluation Group (SEG) was activated in the early 1960s.

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. The group was inactivated on 20 November 1967.

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. 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 continued to wind down operations at Chambley Air Base, France, until 15 October 1966, when it inactivated, although it was no longer operational.Ravenstein, pp. 46–47 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.

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.