701st Air Defense Squadron

Patch showing the emblem of the 701st Air Defense Squadron patch.
Patch showing the emblem of the 701st Air Defense Squadron patch.

The 701st Air Defense Squadron was an Air National Guard unit stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City, Florida. As part of First Air Force, it was responsible for the operation of NORAD's Continental United States Region Air Operations Center. The 701st was inactivated in 2007 and replaced with the 601st Air & Space Operations Center, which later became the 601st Air Operations Center.