Thule Air Base was renamed Pituffik Space Base in April 2023 to “recognize Greenlandic cultural heritage,” and the site continues to handle missile defense, space surveillance and a system that ...

FILE - Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule ... Defense’s northernmost installation. The base was built following a 1951 defense agreement between Denmark and the United States. It supports ...

Previously known as Thule Air Base, the installation was renamed ... The U.S. military conducts missile warning, missile defense and space surveillance missions from the base.

Vice President JD Vance and Usha Vance will visit Pituffik Space Base, the US military's base in Greenland dating back to ...

Once called Thule Air Base ... About 150 U.S. Air Force and Space Force personnel are permanently stationed at Pituffik (pronounced Bee-doo-FEEK). They handle missile defense and space ...

The commander of the strategically important Pituffik Space Base in Greenland was relieved of her command on Thursday, a U.S.

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — The remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which Vice President JD Vance is visiting on Friday, is the U.S. Department of Defense's northernmost ... It was known ...

NUUK, Greenland — The remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which Vice President JD Vance is visiting on Friday, is the U.S. Department of ... as the Thule Air Base until 2023 ...