Description
Description: Unofficial Squadron Patch – RAAF Base Pearce – Search and Rescue
Condition: Very Good
Comments: Unofficial Squadron Patch – RAAF Base Pearce – Search and Rescue.
Worn by search and rescue airmen who were posted to the RAAF Base Pearce in Western Australia.
RAAF Base Pearce (ICAO: YPEA) is the main Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base in Western Australia. It is located in Bullsbrook, north of Perth. It is used for training by the RAAF and the Republic of Singapore Air Force.
Pearce is the busiest RAAF base in the country in terms of total aircraft movements, including civil movements at the Joint User bases. Although its primary role is pilot training, it remains the only permanent Air Force base on the west coast, and thus has a significant logistics role.
RAAF Gingin is a small airfield located near Pearce that is also used for flying training. The airfield is owned by the Air Force and is managed by RAAF Base Pearce. A rotation of Air Traffic Controllers travel from Pearce each day to provide services, when requested by the flying units.