The remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which Vice President JD Vance is visiting on Friday, is the U.S.
Since World War II, American forces have been stationed on the island. Today, from a remote outpost, they watch the skies.
Nestled above the 76th parallel in northwestern Greenland, Pituffik Space Base is one of the most remote military installations on Earth.
Early warnings of a strike from the east could come from U.S. allies such as the United Kingdom, Iceland and Greenland. A ...
Denmark and the U.S. reached an agreement in 1951 that allowed the American military to construct Thule Air Base on Greenland’s northwest coast, about 750 miles from the North Pole and roughly ...
FILE - Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base) in northern Greenland on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, file) NUUK, Greenland (AP) — The remote Pituffik ...
It is about 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) north of Greenland's capital, Nuuk. It was known as the Thule Air Base until 2023, when it was renamed to recognize Greenlandic cultural heritage and ...