Air Force 2, the US government plane carrying US Vice-President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance has landed at the Pituffik Space Base in north-west Greenland. The Vances will now be shown around the US facility. Stay with us, we'll bring you all the key lines from their visit as well as pictures of their arrival shortly.

In a village that was relocated to make room for a military base, Greenlanders are still living with the legacy of the last time the United States took an interest in their island.

Since World War II, American forces have been stationed on the island. Today, from a remote outpost, they watch the skies.

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 vice-president says Russia and China have increased footprints in the area and the world cannot "bury our heads in the sand".

The trip was both a reconnaissance mission and a passive-aggressive reminder of President Trump’s determination to fulfill his territorial ambitions, no matter the obstacles.

On Friday, the US vice president was scheduled to visit the only remaining US military base in Greenland. Its history has been peppered with controversy, fueling locals' grievances against Copenhagen.

Vice President JD Vance will travel to Greenland this week, including a stop at Pituffik Space Base, the U.S. Defense Department's northernmost installation and its only outpost on the island.

Vice President JD Vance, Sen. Mike Lee and other top U.S. officials are scheduled to arrive Friday in Greenland, where locals have expressed deep unease about the visit after President Donald Trump vowed to acquire the island “one way or the other.