701 ST ACWRON (ADC)

The 701st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (701st ACWRON) was a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Defense Command (ADC). Activated in 1953, the squadron was responsible for operating radar sites to provide early warning and airspace surveillance during the Cold War, playing a key role in continental air defense. The unit was stationed at Fort Fisher Air Force Station, North Carolina, where it monitored and tracked potentially hostile aircraft approaching the U.S. East Coast. The 701st ACWRON was inactivated in 1970 as advances in radar technology and changes in defense priorities led to the consolidation of air defense assets.