At 3:39 p.m. on January 21, 1968, the aircraft slammed into the ice seven miles west of the base. The impact carved a ...

Thule Air Base is the United States Air Force's northernmost base, located 1,207 km (750 mile) north of the Arctic[...] ...

In 1951, the French Explorer Jean Malaurie witnessed the building of a US military base in Greenland in near total secrecy, ...

On the frozen coast of northwestern Greenland, the United States is quietly transforming its only military outpost on the island into a far more capable hub for space and missile defense. The work at ...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The United States and Greenland have agreed to strengthen economic and trade ties after resolving a dispute over a service contract to a U.S. air base in the north of the Arctic ...

This episode of The Big Picture focuses on the secret construction of an air base near Thule, #Greenland in the early 1950s. Built during the Cold War, the base was to provide the U.S. a home for long ...

This article first appeared in print in the Stars and Stripes Global edition, Jan. 15, 2015. It is republished unedited in its original form. THULE AIR BASE, Greenland — Legend has it that Eric the ...

Thule Air Base is located in the northwestern corner of Greenland, in a coastal valley 700 miles north of the Arctic Circle and 950 miles south of the North Pole. The base is the United States' ...

Thule Air Base in Greenland is the US's northernmost military installation on the planet. Its location and the harsh conditions it faces mean Army engineers there have to use special techniques to ...

Thule Air Base, Greenland, 2014: A Canadian transport plane sits on the runway in front of a hangar at Thule Air Base. The Canadian Air Force used the runway at Thule for two weeks for its Operation ...