to their normal SPADATS mission when Soviet missiles were withdrawn from Cuba. The Thomasville station, retained coverage until late December as a precaution. The 698th Radar Squadron was inactivated on 30 September 1969 and Thomasville AFS was closed due to a draw-down of ADC and budget constraints. After its closure, the site was the location of the Thomasville Mental Health & Rehabilitation Center, and Alabama Department of Youth Services. However, the former closed completely by November 2003. Today the former radar site is used by the Alabama Southern Community College. Many of the former Air Force buildings remain, as well as the large AN/FPS-35 search-radar tower, which dominates the site. Air Force units and assignments Units 698th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, assigned 1 September 1958 Activated 1 December 1957 at Dobbins AFB, GA (not equipped or manned) Redesignated 698th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 October 1959 Inactivated 31 December 1969 Assignments 35th Air Division, 1 December 1957 32d Air Division, 15 November 1958 Montgomery Air Defense Sector, 1 November 1959 32d Air Division, 1 April 1966 – 31 December 1969 See also List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations References Notes Bibliography NORAD/CONAD Participation in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Historical Reference Paper No. 8, Directorate of Command History Continental Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO, 1 Feb 63 (Top Secret NOFORN declassified 9 March 1996) Further reading Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997). Information for Thomasville AFS, AL Installations of the United States Air Force in Alabama Semi-Automatic Ground Environment sites Aerospace Defense Command military installations Buildings and structures in Clarke County, Alabama Military installations established in 1959 Military installations closed in 1969 1959 establishments in Alabama 1969 disestablishments in Alabama