Danish military history on Greenland has its origins in the early 18th century. In 1721 Hans Egede, a Danish-Norwegian missionary first colonised the region. Soldiers were stationed on …

Mar 26, 2025 · Greenland is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark. The U.S. and Denmark began secretly constructing the military installation there in 1951 so the U.S. could stage long …

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 …

Jun 5, 2019 · The Pituffik Space Base, formerly known as Thule Air Force Base, is a military base in Greenland operated by the US military. It is, in fact, the US’s northernmost military base in …

Pituffik Space Base (/ biːduːˈfiːk / bee-doo-FEEK; [4] Greenlandic: [pitufːik]; IATA: THU, ICAO: BGTL), formerly Thule Air Base (/ ˈtuːliː /), is a United States Space Force base located on the …

Mar 29, 2025 · American forces have been stationed on the Arctic island since World War II. The U.S. military arrived in Greenland—then a Danish colony—in 1941, shortly after Denmark was …

Apr 10, 2025 · The U.S. military has long had a presence in Greenland. Back in the mid-1940s, a Danish-American radio station was set up near what is now Pituffick Space Base, according to …

Jan 22, 2025 · The short answer is no, Greenland does not have its own military bases. However, the situation is more complex than that. While Greenland lacks its own independent military …

Mar 25, 2025 · Pituffik is the only U.S. military base on Greenland. The history. The American military presence in Greenland began during World War II, when Greenland was a Danish colony.

Jan 9, 2025 · Denmark acknowledged on Thursday it had long neglected the defence of Greenland, a vast and strategically important Arctic island, after President-elect Donald Trump …