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What To Know About Pituffik Space Base As Trump Pushes To Acquire Greenland Decades After U.S. Built Military Site

Increased pressure by President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance for Greenland to become part of the U.S. comes decades after the American military established its only base in the territory, ...
Yahoo

What to know about the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland

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 installation. The ...
Washington Technology

Serco books $323M job to modernize arctic space base

Serco Inc. has secured a four-year $323 million contract to modernize the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. Pituffik was formerly known as Thule Air Base and supports missile warning, missile defense ...
Newsweek

‘The Top of the World’: US Greenland Base Prepares to Welcome JD Vance

The Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, formerly known as Thule Air Base, is a cornerstone of U.S. Arctic defense and the site of rising political friction as Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha ...
NPR

What to know about Pituffik, the only U.S. military base in Greenland

Vice President JD Vance this week will embark on a trip to Greenland, the massive but sparsely populated Arctic island with global strategic value. President Trump has repeatedly signaled in his ...