The base's primary strategic value stems from its unique geographical location in the Arctic, which provides an important vantage point for monitoring air and space approaches between North America and Russia.

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-range bombers closer to the Soviet Union and China.

An Air-Deployable Expendable Ice Buoy is deployed in the high Arctic near the North Pole from a Royal Danish Air Force C-130 aircraft operating out of Thule Air Base in Greenland as part of the International Arctic Buoy Program on Sept. 7, 2017. (Navy ...

President Trump has reportedly tasked the U.S. military with providing “options” regarding Greenland—specifically requesting that the Joint Special Operations Command develop potential military scenarios.

As part of the increased Danish military presence in Greenland, RDAF F-16s deployed to Kangerlussuaq on the island’s west coast and visited Pituffik Space base. Two Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) F-16AMs made a short two-hour visit to Greenland's Pituffik ...