Receiving the Defense Secretary's approval on 21 July, the Air Force directed the Corps of Engineers to proceed with construction.

As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes.

During 1962 Belleville AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, feeding data to DC-07 at Truax Field, Wisconsin.

In addition to the main facility, Belleville operated five unmanned AN/FPS-18 Gap Filler sites: The 798th Radar Squadron was discontinued along with the Army Command Post on 18 June 1968; the station was closed on 30 June.

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