Canadian Forces Detachment Mountain View, also
CFD Mountain View is a
Canadian Forces airfield located south of
Belleville in
Prince Edward County,
Ontario. It is geographically close to
CFB Trenton, which has administrative responsibility for the facilities.
History
The Mountain View aerodrome opened June 23, 1941 to host No. 6 Bombing and Gunnery School (6 B&GS), one of eleven bombing and gunnery schools that opened across Canada under the
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during the
Second World War. Aircraft used included the
Anson,
Battle,
Lysander,
Bolingbroke, and
Nomad. The station was later designated
RCAF Station Mountain View when No. 6 B&GS was renamed the Ground Instruction School and merged with the Air Armament School at
RCAF Station Trenton.
The RCAF fire fighting school moved to Mountain View from Trenton in 1946, but later moved to
RCAF Station Aylmer. Also in 1946, RCAF Station Mountain View became a detachment of RCAF Station Trenton.
Operations
The main use of CFB Trenton Mountain View Detachment is the storage and overhaul of older aircraft. This facility belongs to the Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron (ATESS) based at Trenton. In September 2000, 8 Wing Trenton opened the Canadian Parachute Centre's (now the
Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre) drop zone at Mountain View. The Mountain View facility is also used by
Central Region Gliding School...
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