Airmen serve a one-year remote, unaccompanied tour here in a multinational environment.

The operations building where passengers gather to board the plane back to the United States is no bigger than a 7-Eleven. Bryan Schubert watches a moving satellite dish inside one of the "gollf ball" protective dish covers as it tracks a satellite moving across the northern polar sky Jan. 25 at Detachment 3 on Thule Air Base, Greenland. Thule Air Base in Greenland US Army Corps of Engineers Thule pronounced "Two Lee" is Latin for northernmost part of the inhabitable world.
For Boxtop II, from Sept. 22 to Oct. 3, 47 sorties — a mixture of Canadian C-17s and C-130s — delivered 206 tons of dry goods and more than 350,000 gallons of fuel for the winter months. The community center hosts visiting musicians — country singer Ash Bowers was there in early October — and shows movies in its theater. (The Danes won it all.). (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), Staff Sgt. It’s on the T-shirts at the small BX: “Been there, Done Dundas.” A newcomer gets his bearings finding it, and it’s a rite of passage for anyone stationed here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), Following a snowstorm that included wind gusts in excess of 90 mph, snow is removed near the dinning facility Jan. 25 at Thule Air Base, Greenland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), Airman Pedro Pita conducts a building security check as the temperature hovers close to zero Jan. 25 at Thule Air Base, Greenland. Tune in as our Air Force musicians along with other military musicians are awarded the National Medal of Arts.
It’s cramped but as well-served as any commercial flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), The base taxi arrives at a dormitory to pick up Airmen for work Jan. 25 at Thule Air Base, Greenland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), One of the two radar faces of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, or BMEWS, site is captured using time-lapsed photography to show the minimal amount of available light during twilight Jan. 25 at Thule Air Base, Greenland. Capt. A United States Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-22 Raptor over northern Iraq, Nov. 6, 2019. Thule Air Base. The part of Greenland now known as Thule was settled by Denmark in the early 20th century by explorer Knud Rasmussen, whose name graces the base community center. It’s really old. Listen to a small snippet of CMSA... https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-air-force-podcast/id1264107694?mt=2, Our mantra, "Always ready!" The gym is top-notch and always has special programs, including a four-country hockey tournament while Canadian forces were deployed here for Boxtop. The supplies are flown in on a weekly contracted L-100 aircraft from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), On their way home from Bagram, Afghanistan, Airmen from the Kulis Air National Guard Base, Alaska, exit their C-130 Hercules during a "gas and go" stop Jan. 25 at Thule Air Base, Greenland. … You can’t believe you’re hearing it.”. #B2Tuesday. Most Army personnel were assigned to nearby Nike-Hercules missile sites. You approach Thule Air Base by banking over Baffin Bay. And those left behind prepared for the long, dark winter.

Sergeant White is a space console operator. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), Exercise your right to vote from anywhere in the world. Two tenant units contribute to the space mission here. Life at Thule On their way home from Bagram, Afghanistan, Airmen from the Kulis Air National Guard Base, Alaska, exit their C-130 Hercules during a "gas and go" stop Jan. 25 at Thule Air Base, Greenland. There’s a vast lending library of books and videos, and talks by visiting Inuits and scientists. When there’s no wind, the sound of the icebergs breaking apart — it’s like thunder. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), The base taxi arrives at a dormitory to pick up Airmen for work Jan. 25 at Thule Air Base, Greenland. 50 years anniversary.

Carl White monitors screens that allow him to see objects in space over the northern polar area Jan. 25 at the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System site on Thule Air Base, Greenland. “Ready?” Out they go. The newest Air Force Podcast recently dropped. is a Greek word that first appears in the writings of the explorer Pytheas, from roughly 330 B.C., and the term “ultima Thule” in medieval maps denotes any distant place beyond the “borders of the known world.”. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), Tech. Greenland was granted self-government in 1979 by Denmark but remains within the kingdom, so 400 Danes are here doing the support functions with the help of native Greenlanders. Deep within the Arctic Circle in Greenland sits one of the US's most isolated, and potentially critical, air bases. The bird was up. Airmen serve a one-year remote, unaccompanied tour here in a multinational environment. Airmen serve a one-year remote, unaccompanied tour here in a multinational environment. The supplies are flown in on a weekly contracted L-100 aircraft from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), Snow falls Jan. 25 at the Thule Air Base terminal in Greenland. But it was “communist aggression” in 1950 that heralded Operation Blue Jay, according to an Army documentary of the same name, when “a giant air base on top of the world” was constructed. “She came during the dark season, so she didn’t really get to see what Thule has; she saw the buildings and stuff. Thule AB Airmen support two major Air Force Space Command missions. People had come in from the pre-dawn cold, and choked a bit on their goodbyes.

(Photo courtesy of Thule AB Public Affairs), Advanced Systems and Development Directorate at Kirtland AFB, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) at Los Angeles AFB. 50 years anniversary. Airman Pita is a security forces member at Thule AB. As with most remote U.S. military locations, the food is excellent. Schubert observes a satellite dish inside one of the "golf ball" protective dish covers at Thule Air Base, Greenland as it rotates to track a satellite moving across the northern polar sky Jan. 25. But this was the era of the Cuban missile crisis, and the Army also worked on plans to base newly designed “Iceman” ICBMs in a massive network of tunnels dug into the ice sheet. Allied nations also need the support of Thule’s 821st Operations Wing, which handles the flights. Sean Lohr is a contractor working at Detachment 1. Instruments enhance space weather forecasts, Response team rescues two Airmen during Arctic storm, Three Airmen participate in dog-sled expedition, Click here to view the comments/letters page. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), Airmen unload supplies for the base Jan. 25 at Thule Air Base, Greenland. They’ve flown 5 1/2 hours overnight from Baltimore Washington International Airport on the weekly contract flight. Airman Pita is a security forces member at Thule AB. They continue on to Summit Camp, atop two miles of ice in the country’s interior, to measure global warming and other weather phenomena. THULE AIR BASE, Greenland (AFNEWS) -- Landing on a snow-packed winter runway 700 miles north of the Arctic Circle can be a harrowing experience for anyone who journeys here. Ryan Crean, who handles logistics for the 821st Support Squadron, smiled when asked about the environs. Base leaders are careful not to let their people go down this rabbit hole. Thule, pronounced TOO-lee, is a Greek word that first appears in the writings of the explorer Pytheas, from roughly 330 B.C., and the term “ultima Thule” in medieval maps denotes any distant place beyond the “borders of the known world.”.

On his last night, Smokovitz was initiated into the Knights of the Blue Nose, a ceremony derived from the Navy’s penchant for celebrating the crossing of the equator and other geographical markers. It's the spirit we fly by! It’s so cold and so dark; where you gonna go?”.

The 10,000-foot runway, a holdover from the days of the Strategic Air Command and the B-52 bombers that used it, and the base’s extensive infrastructure make possible just about anything the Western world wants to accomplish in the Arctic. Among his favorite things about Thule is listening to the calving of glaciers on the bay. Smokovitz is hereby accorded the honor as a Knight of the Blue Nose …”. The Thule Air Base is a military base in Greenland belonging to the US. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), At Detachment 3, four "golf ball" protective covers that house satellite dishes are viewed during the darkness Jan. 25 at Thule Air Base, Greenland. On the ground, the pristine becomes practical: a long runway from bygone missions, the hangars and support buildings at the entrance to America’s northernmost base and military community. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), From South Mountain, Thule Air Base and Mount Dundas are captured during a short period of January twilight using time-lapsed photography to show the minimal amount of available light Jan. 25 in Greenland. “A scientist once told me, ‘Greenland has some of the most beautiful forest in the world, but it’s an inch tall.’”. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), Staff Sgt. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Tolzmann), Airmen unload supplies for the base Jan. 25 at Thule Air Base, Greenland.

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