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Pituffik Space Base (/ b iː d uː ˈ f iː k / bee-doo-FEEK; [2] Greenlandic:; IATA: THU, ICAO: BGTL), formerly Thule Air Base (/ t uː l iː / or / t uː l eɪ /), is a United States Space Force's base located on the northwest coast of Greenland.
The Pituffik Space Base, formerly known as Thule Air Force Base, is a military base in Greenland operated by the US military. It is, in fact, the US’s northernmost military base in the world, located just 1,524km from the North Pole and 1,207km north of the Arctic Circle.
Pituffik Space Base (pronounced bee-doo-FEEK), formerly known as Thule Air Base (pronounced too-lee), is located in Greenland—a country within the Kingdom of Denmark and inhabited by approximately 56,000 people. Greenland covers nearly 840,000 square miles; more than 80 percent is covered either by the ice cap or smaller glaciers.
Thule Air Base, the Department of Defense’s northernmost installation, has been renamed to recognize Greenlandic cultural heritage and better reflect its role in the U.S. Space Force. Following a ceremony held April 6, the installation is now known as Pituffik Space Base.
Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, formerly known as Thule Air Force Base (AFB), owes its existence to the Cold War and the threat of nuclear war that was seemingly ever-present during over this 44-year period of time.
Thule Air Base, the U.S.-run ballistic missile-warning site in Greenland, was retitled Pituffik Space Base in an April 6 ceremony at America’s northernmost military installation.
Thule Air Base, the Space Force’s northernmost base, has been renamed Pituffik Space Base to reflect native Greenlandic culture.
The U.S. military’s Thule Air Base in Greenland is no more. By that name, anyway. The Defense Department’s northernmost installation was renamed Pituffik Space Base recently, using the...
Thule Air Base, U.S. air base and communications centre, northwestern Greenland. It lies on Cape Atholl and the southern shore of Wolstenholme Fjord, an inlet of Baffin Bay. Near the base is the former Greenlandic (Eskimo) settlement of Umanak (Danish: Dundas).
WASHINGTON — Thule Air Base, a U.S. military installation in Greenland where Space Force units conduct missile warning operations, has been renamed Pituffik Space Base.