They may report to a wing or they may be completely independent (the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess Air Force Base).
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.
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.
[7] Initially, the group intercepted and listened to foreign electronic communications through subordinate detachments ranging from Thailand through Japan.
[8] 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.