Pepperrell Air Force Base

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Pepperrell Air Force Base
St. John's, Newfoundland
Insignia of units assigned to Pepperrell Air Force Base
Pepperrell Air Force Base Location on Newfoundland
Coordinates	47°35′10″N 52°41′31″W / 47.58611°N 52.69194°W / 47.58611; -52.69194
Type	Military base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	United States Air Force 1941 (1941) – 1961
Controlled by	United States
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
Built by	United States Army
In use	1941 (1941) – present
Garrison information
Garrison	United States Air Force United States Army Air Corps Aerospace Defense Command Northeast Air Command Newfoundland Base Command Eastern Defense Command
Occupants	3rd Infantry Regiment 685th Air Warning Squadron 24th Coast Artillery 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment 53rd Coast Artillery 62nd Coast Artillery 6604th Air Base Wing

Pepperrell Air Force Base, previously known as Fort Pepperrell, is a decommissioned United States military base located in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada which operated from 1941 to 1961.^[1]

The base was named in honour of Sir William Pepperrell (1696–1759) of Kittery, Maine, commander of a force of 4,200 soldiers and sailors aboard 90 ships, who captured the French seaport at Louisbourg after a 46-day siege on June 16, 1745.