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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.
Pituffik Space Base (4 P) Pages in category "Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Greenland" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Pituffik Space Base, the largest United States overseas military base by area, at 66,000 hectares. [ 1 ] The establishment of military bases abroad enables a country to project power , e.g. to conduct expeditionary warfare , and thereby to influence events abroad.
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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.
Simple English; Српски / srpski ... The Pituffik Space Base is administered by the United States Space Force and operates as an unincorporated enclave ...
The primary mission of the 12th SWS is to provide critical, real-time missile warning, defense, and space surveillance to the President of the United States, Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, NORAD, and unified commands by operating a phased-array radar—which continuously provides warning of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) and intercontinental ballistic missile ...
The town of Qaanaaq was established in the winter of 1953 when the United States expanded Pituffik Space Base and forcibly relocated the population of Pituffik and Dundas 31 km (19 mi) to the north within four days. The settlement was subsequently moved another 100 km (62 mi) to the north.