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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: Greenland: 821st Space Base Group; 12th Space Warning Squadron; 23rd Space Operations Squadron (Detachment 1) Royal Danish Air Force base made available to the United States by the Danish government, hosting Geographically Separate Units (GSUs) of Space Base Delta 1, Space Delta 4, and Space Delta 6.
Pituffik Space Base, formerly known as Thule Air Base, is one of the loneliest U.S. military assignments in the world. Built on Arctic permafrost, the base hosts 200 troops in Greenland's far north.
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A view of Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base) in Greenland, on Oct. 4, 2023. ... The only real threat is the United States. Denmark has a defense agreement with the U.S. The U.S. used to ...
The U.S. has a military base on the island known as Pituffik Space Base. The installation includes an airfield that operates year-round and is part of mutual defense agreements between Washington ...
Space Base Delta 1 (SBD 1) is a United States Space Force unit. ... 821st Space Base Group (821 SBG), Pituffik Space Base. 821st Support Squadron (821 SPTS)
The U.S. military has a permanent presence at the Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, a strategic location for its ballistic missile early-warning system, as the shortest route from ...