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1989 aerial view. Pituffik Space Base (/ b iː d uː ˈ f iː k / bee-doo-FEEK; [2] Greenlandic:; IATA: THU, ICAO: BGTL), formerly and perhaps better known as Thule Air Base (/ ˈ t uː l iː /), is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of Greenland in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and the United States.
Pituffik Space Base; P. Pituffik; Q. Qaanaaq; T. 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash This page was last edited on 25 December 2024, at 01:02 ...
Thule Site J (J-Site) is a United States Space Force (USSF) radar station in Greenland near Pituffik Space Base for missile warning and spacecraft tracking.The northernmost station of the Solid State Phased Array Radar System, the military installation was built as the 1st site of the RCA 474L Ballistic Missile Early Warning System and had 5 of 12 BMEWS radars.
Camp Century was an Arctic United States military scientific research base in Greenland, [1] situated 240 km (150 mi) east of Pituffik Space Base.When built, Camp Century was publicized as a demonstration for affordable ice-cap military outposts and a base for scientific research.
Narsaarsuk (old spelling: Narssârssuk) is an abandoned settlement on the edge of Bylot Sound in northern Greenland near Pituffik Space Base. [1] The site of the former settlement is contaminated with plutonium after the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash. [2
Detachment 1: Pituffik Space Base, Greenland Operating Location: RAF Ascension Island, ... Phase II 1967–1968; Vietnam Air/Ground 1968; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase ...
Photos show the wreckage of a 1968 plane crash unearthed by melting glaciers in the Swiss Alps. Paola Rosa-Aquino. ... 1968. "At the time of the accident, more than 50 years ago, the technical ...
Pituffik is a former settlement in northern Greenland, located at the eastern end of Bylot Sound by a tombolo known as Uummannaq, near the current site of the U.S. Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base. The former inhabitants were relocated to the present-day town of Qaanaaq.