Thule Air Base (or Thule Air Base/Pituffik Airport) (IATA: THU, ICAO: BGTL), an unincorporated enclave within Qaasuitsup municipality in northern Greenland, is the United States Air Force's northernmost base, located 1118 km (695 mi) north of the Arctic Circle and 1524 km (947 mi) from the North Pole on the northwest side of the island of Greenland. It is approximately 885 km (550 mi) east of the North Magnetic Pole. It is the site of the former ...
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Thule Air Base (or Thule Air Base/Pituffik Airport) (IATA: THU, ICAO: BGTL), an unincorporated enclave within Qaasuitsup municipality in northern Greenland, is the United States Air Force's northernmost base, located 1118 km (695 mi) north of the Arctic Circle and 1524 km (947 mi) from the North Pole on the northwest side of the island of Greenland. It is approximately 885 km (550 mi) east of the North Magnetic Pole. It is the site of the former town of Dundas, which was moved to Qaanaaq for the construction of the base. The permanent population of the base was 235 as of January 1, 2005.
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The first military installations at Thule were constructed just after World War II, after the U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Danish Ambassador Henrik Kauffmann signed “The Agreement relating to the Defense of Greenland” in Washington on 9 April 1941. President Roosevelt approved it on 7 Jun 1941. In the agreement, the United States agreed...
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