Belleville Air Force Station
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Belleville Air Force Station Air Defense Command (ADC) | |
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Coordinates | 38°28′32″N 089°54′21″W / 38.47556°N 89.90583°W |
Type | Air Force Station |
Code | ADC ID: P-70, NORAD ID: Z-70 |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1951 |
In use | 1951-1968 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 798th Aircraft Control and Warning (Later Radar) Squadron |
Belleville Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Belleville, Illinois. It was closed in 1968.
History
Belleville AFS was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the
On 1 May 1951 the 798th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron began operations. The site initially used
The
In addition to the main facility, Belleville operated five unmanned
- Edgewood, MO (P-70B) 39°19′17″N 091°09′08″W / 39.32139°N 91.15222°W
- Vichy, MO (P-70C) 38°08′08″N 091°46′24″W / 38.13556°N 91.77333°W
- Marquand, MO (P-70D) 37°27′49″N 090°12′37″W / 37.46361°N 90.21028°W
- Neoga, IL (P-70F) 39°20′15″N 088°23′48″W / 39.33750°N 88.39667°W
- Bowling Green, MO (P-70G) 39°21′55″N 091°12′43″W / 39.36528°N 91.21194°W
The 798th Radar Squadron was discontinued along with the Army Command Post on 18 June 1968; the station was closed on 30 June. Today the former radar station has been redeveloped into a vocational rehabilitation center. Most of the former military buildings are still in use. There is a small memorial on the site for its military use.
Air Force units and assignments
Units
- Constituted as the 798th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Activated on 1 May 1951
- Redesignated as 798th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 March 1962
- Discontinued and inactivated on 18 June 1968
Assignments
- 546th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 May 1951
- 159th Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 1 June 1951
- 33d Air Division, 6 February 1952
- 20th Air Division, 1 March 1956
- Kansas City Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960
- Chicago Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1961
- 20th Air Division, 1 April 1966
- 30th Air Division, 1 December 1967 – 18 June 1968
See also
- List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
- List of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. ]
- Information for Belleville AFS, IL