When requested by the flying units, a rotation of air traffic controllers travel from Pearce to Gingin daily to provide services.

He was Minister for Defence in four separate ministries including the period 1910 to 1913 when the Central Flying School was established.

[4] In 1964, Australia and the United States agreed to conduct a "Joint Research Program for Studying Aero-Space Disturbances and their Effect on Radio Communications" at the Pearce base.

[8] The base also serves as an anti-hijacking training aid for Special Air Service Regiment counter-terrorism squadron, also known as Tactical Assault Group (West).

[9] Built in the early 1990s the mockup is slightly smaller than the Boeing 747, includes two non-operational engines and has been painted in the livery of the fictional Emu Airlines.

Since 1993, Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has operated its Flying Training Institute at Pearce.

[12] In 2014, the base was the hub for the international search of the southern Indian Ocean for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.