RBCAF Puntzi Mountain

RBCAF Puntzi Mountain is a military base of the Royal British Columbia Air Force in Puntzi Mountain, British Columbia.

= RBCAF Puntzi Mountain= RBCAF Puntzi Mountain is a radar and radio station with an adjacent airfield, operated as part of BC's contribution to the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD); it opened in 1951 as part of the Pinetree Line of early-warning radar stations jointly built and operated by BC, Canada, and the United States. It was operated by the 917th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron of the US Air Force until 1966, when it was transferred back to the RBCAF; since then, it is operated by 504 Sqn RBCAF.

= Puntzi Mountain Airport = The airfield does not see regular military operations, but it does serve the local community as a civilian airport, with the RBCAF and North Cariboo Air operating scheduled passenger services.