The remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which Vice President JD Vance is visiting on Friday, is the U.S.

By Maya Tekeli and Jeffrey Gettleman Maya Tekeli reported from Nuuk, Greenland, and Jeffrey Gettleman from London. Once called Thule Air Base, now known as Pituffik Space Base, this U.S.-operated ...

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 ...

Early warnings of a strike from the east could come from U.S. allies such as the United Kingdom, Iceland and Greenland. A sign for Thule Air Base, the previous name of Pituffik Space Base in ...

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 ...

FILE - Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base) in northern Greenland on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, file) FILE - Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air ...