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	Thule AB, Greenland ::History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 1928 the Thule Law was born; it was signed by Knud Rasmussen on 7 June 1929 and ratified by the Danish Government in 1931.
		The Air Force studied the possibility of establishing a major operating base in Greenland when it became clear that round trip flights of planes carrying atomic weapons between mainland United States or Canadian bases and Siberian/European objectives were impractical.
		A board of Air Force officers made a recommendation to pursue a base at Thule in November 1950; it was subsequently supported by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and approved by President Truman.
	www.thule.af.mil /History/index.htm (2668 words)

	Thule AFB Greenland
		Thule Air Base is the United States Air Force’s northernmost base — (76 32’ North latitude, 68 50’ West longitude) located 695 miles North of the Arctic Circle, and 947 miles south of the North Pole on the Northwest side of the island of Greenland.
		Thule is located in a coastal valley approximately four miles from the entrance of North Star Bay on Greenland's west coast.
		The Thule area is barren most of the year; although from June to September, the snow melts and arctic tundra plant life such as poppies, cotton, mosses, and a variety of colorful flowers bloom.
	freepages.military.rootsweb.com /~love/thule/thule.html (3706 words)

	Jah Works Band
		The base is located in the northwest tip of the island of Greenland (province of Denmark), 950 miles North of the Artic Circle and roughly 900 miles away from what would be considered the "North Pole".
		During the cold war, one of the missions at Thule was to act as a early warning in the event an attack was launched (from Russia) over the polar cap.
		Nowadays, Thule is one of many US bases around the globe tracking and catagorizing objects (satellites, debris, etc.) in orbit around the globe.
	www.jahworks.com /pics/thule-afb-greenland/index.htm (948 words)

	Thule Trippin' - Thule, Greenland Airman - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Construction crews built the base in just 104 days under total secrecy in an operation code-named "Blue Jay." Its mission was to be a refueling point for long-range bombers on missions to the Soviet Union, should the need arise, but eventually bombers, fighters and Army Nike air defense missile batteries were based there.
		The extreme weather and the remoteness of the location (Thule can only be reached by air or ship in the summer.) have given the air base a reputation of being an avoid-at-all-costs assignment for generations of airmen.
		Thule is not for the frail -- physically or mentally -- but what it lacks in all-night convenience stores and beach towels, it makes up for in human spirit.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IBP/is_9_45/ai_79352623 (911 words)

	Engineer Update
		Thule Air Base is located in a coastal valley in northwest Greenland, above the Arctic Circle between northeastern Canada and Europe.
		The air base is a province of Denmark, and it is home to the Air Force, U.S., and Danish contractors and Greenlandic personnel.
		Due to the weather, outside construction at Thule is limited to the summer and fall months, June to mid-September, because the weather during the winter season is too severe to work outdoors, ranging from -30 to -40 degrees Fahrenheit.
	www.hq.usace.army.mil /cepa/pubs/jul06/story15.htm (945 words)

	Thulegate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The mission, which was code-named Hard Head, intended to ensure continuous visual surveillance of Thule Air Base and its important BMEWS-radar, a critical element for the U.S. response to a Soviet surprise-attack on North America.
		The Embassy emphasized that "it is iverative [sic] to stress that [the] crashed plane was 'diverted' to Thule and not on [a] 'routine flight to Thule'." And that became the official story.
		The contradiction between the Air Force’s willingness to release "Greenland" material and the OSD’s unwillingness is particularly striking, given that the departments are supposed to be implementing the same law.
	www.nautilus.org /archives/nukepolicy/Denmark/index.html (2528 words)

	Main
		Thule is the U.S. Armed Forces' northernmost installation, located 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
		Thule Air Base is home to the 821st Air Base Group, which exercises air base support responsibilities within the Thule Defense Area for the multi-national and multi-cultural population of Team Thule.
		Thule is also home to Detachment 3 of the 22d Space Operations Squadron, part of the 50th Space Wing's global satellite control network.
	www.thule.af.mil (317 words)

	Thule Air Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The permanent population of the base was 235 as of Jan. 01, 2005.
		Thule is also host to Detachment 3 of the 22d Space Operations Squadron, part of the 50th Space Wing's global satellite control network and a lot of new weapon systems.
		Thule, Greenland, is also the home where the fastest sea level surface wind speed in the world was measured when a peak speed of 333 km/h (207 mph) was recorded on March 8, 1972.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thule_Air_Base (658 words)

	History for 12th Space Warning Squadron, Thule Air Base, Greenland
		Those bases were located primarily in southern Greenland and served as vital resupply stations for troops and planes enroute to Europe.
		Thule, farther north, was Bluie West 6 and saw no activity during the war.
		Thule Air Base owes its present size and location to the terms of the agreement.
	military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,712176\|707181,00.html (390 words)

	June 2005 Engineer Update
		The air base is home to hundreds of personnel, including active-duty Air Force members, U.S. contractors, Danish personnel, and Greenlandic personnel.
		The base needed a new medical center because the old one was built 50 years ago.
		Valade is familiar with the working conditions at Thule because he has worked on various construction projects at the base as a military officer and civilian employee for the last 20 years, sometimes working on the installation for months at a time.
	www.hq.usace.army.mil /cepa/pubs/story6.htm (803 words)

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		Thule, or now Dundas, is also the name of a former settlement of the indigenous people of Greenland, the Inuit.
		Thule Air Base was constructed in 1951 by North-East Air Command under the U.S. Air Force, according to the agreement between United States and Denmark.
		Moreover, the Thule crash was in 1968 a security political hot potato owing to the Marxist anti-Vietnam demonstrations in all cities in the western world.
	www.ratical.org /radiation/WorldUraniumHearing/SallySchnell.txt (1610 words)

	Pituffik & Thule Air Base, Greenland - ExploreNorth
		Current status: Thule Air Base is run by the United States Air Force Space Command, under an agreement with the government of Denmark, which controls the foreign affairs of Greenland.
		Thule is primarily used as a base for research projects conducted by several countries.
		In 2001, Greenpeace is among the organizations fighting the possible expansion of Thule Air Base as part of the US missile defence system.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/communities/greenland/thuleindex.html (326 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Inuit battle to shut US air base
		During the Cold War, Thule's location on top of the world and its proximity to the former Soviet Union enabled the US to monitor the military activities of its rival superpower and, most importantly, to give early warning of any possible first nuclear strike.
		Since the 1950's Thule has evolved into America's ear on the northern hemisphere and has surveillance technology similar to that contained in the mysterious white globes at RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire.
		Mr Harlang will tell the bench that Thule's perimeters contain the only fertile hunting territory with sufficient whales, fish and other arctic creatures capable of sustaining the Inuit in the manner in which they have lived for thousands of years.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3236083.stm (854 words)

	Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project \| History \| Thule and the DEW Line
		During the war, the Allies had established weather stations in Greenland and Canada, but now the US wanted an air base that could be used to intercept bomber attacks from northeast approaches to America, and as a refueling point for long range bombers potentially directed at the Soviet Union.
		The Thule region had been inhabited by native Greenlanders for centuries, had served as base for Robert Peary's North Pole expeditions, and was a trading station and base for five scientific expeditions by Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen between 1912 and 1924, besides being an Allied weather station.
		The Thule Air Base was constructed in total secrecy by the US military under the code name 'Blue Jay' in 1951.
	www.whoi.edu /beaufortgyre/history/history_dew.html (747 words)

	MSC ships re-supply remote Air Force base
		The annual re-supply of remote Thule Air Force Base by the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command is never a pleasure cruise.
		Just 950 miles south of the North Pole on the island of Greenland, the base spends most of the year iced in, however, each August an icebreaker accompanies an MSC dry cargo ship and two MSC tankers who transit through pack ice and dodge icebergs to bring Thule's 750 inhabitants supplies for the year.
		Thule Air Force Base is home to one of three stations operating the Air Force Space Command's Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, which monitors the launch of any submarine- or ground-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles.
	www.msc.navy.mil /N00P/pressrel/press01/press37.htm (800 words)

	Air Force Link - Story Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		THULE AIR BASE, Greenland -- Greg Lambert lines up a shot during the 20th Annual Mount Dundas Open, the northernmost golf tournament in the world, here July 3.
		THULE AIR BASE, Greenland -- Senior Airman Diego Solis tees off at the 20th Annual Mount Dundas Open, the northernmost golf tournament in the world, here July 3.
		THULE AIR BASE, Greenland -- Mount Dundas, overlooking the polar ice cap and three glaciers, was the location for the 20th Annual Mount Dundas Open, the northernmost golf tournament in the world, here July 3.
	www.af.mil /news/story_media.asp?storyID=123010955 (310 words)

	Thule
		The Inuit inhabitants are Thule are also suing the Danish government in an attempt to force the United States to clean up Greenland's four abandoned DEW line sites and the Ballistic Missile Early Warning Radar located on their ancestral homeland.
		Fears of contamination to their food chain from the construction and operation of the base are heightened by the risk of the site becoming a target for attack (Boggan, 2001).
		In 1953, Inughuit who live in the Thule district of northern Greenland were forced to relocate to Qaanaaq to make room for the U.S. air base in Thule.
	www.nonukesnorth.net /thule.html (1363 words)

	U.S. Expands Greenland Relations in Support of Missile Defense
		Thule would be one point in the missile defense system known as Star Wars, along with Kodiak Island and Ft. Greely in Alaska.
		Cleanup and removal of materials and infrastructure within the Thule Defense Area is set to continue, and surveys on air emissions and sewage are planned.
		Thule initially was created as a weather station by the United States in 1946, but its difficult relationship with the local people did not begin until May 1953.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/aug2004/2004-08-09-02.asp (1484 words)

	Historic postcards from Thule Air Base, Greenland - ExploreNorth
		Eskimo woman with her dog sled near New Thule, north of Thule Air Base.
		Eskimos from Kanak in Arctic regions surrounding Thule Air Base.
		Peary's Monument in the Arctic region near Thule Air Base.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/communities/greenland/thulepostcards.htm (209 words)

	P-Mountain, Thule, Greenland, 1953-1954 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The rides up and down the long road (1) between P Mountain and Thule Air Base, in the summer and in the winter, provided memorable experiences and sights.
		That same 12-volt signal was tied in to a teletype microwave carrier circuit and extended to the Thule Air Base central office.
		Failed air drops of vehicles left smashed and buried in the ice cap later served as sources of spare parts.
	www.bwcinet.com /thule/PMtnJSite.html (2035 words)

	Disarmament Documentation: US, Denmark and Greenland: Thule Upgrade agreement, August 6, 2004
		U.S. officials have refused to publicly describe the future architecture of the system at Thule and have refused to rule out the possibility that interceptor missiles may be based there in future.
		Thule Air Base is the only defense area in Greenland.
		To facilitate cooperation concerning the protection and internal security of Thule Air Base, Danish and Greenland authorities shall assist the United States authorities as requested and appropriate, and consistent with existing agreements and arrangements.
	www.acronym.org.uk /docs/0408/doc02.htm (2168 words)

	Air Force Link - Story Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		THULE AIR BASE, Greenland -- Airmen explore an iceberg in 30-degree water during a demonstration of Danish Police water survival suits.
		Colonel Dennis is the 821st Air Base Group deputy commander and Captain Woodruff is the 821st Security Forces commander.
		THULE AIR BASE, Greenland -- John Hansen overlooks the North Star Bay during an "open ship" event on the Sisak IV, a Danish Police cutter from Sisimiut, Greenland.
	www.af.mil /news/story_media.asp?storyID=123011339 (179 words)

	Forum for people who stayed at Thule air base, Greenland ®
		This is a forum for Thule old timers; people who have actually been to one of the world's most deserted and remote outposts: Thule Air Base.
		They were stored away in a metal box, in dark all those years, until I found your great Thule site, so I suppose that preserved the color.
		There, I learned lessons in patience, ability to be alone with my thoughts sustaining me, admiration and appreciation for the power of nature and the realization of just how much the human mind, spirit and body can endure.
	www.thuleforum.com (375 words)

	Thule Airbase - Science-Fiction & Fantasy forums
		A US Air Force C-141 is scheduled to leave Thule Air Base, Greenland at midnight.
		So, a message is sent to the base, and an airman who was off duty is called out to take care of it.
		He finally gets to the air base only to find that the latrine pump has been left outdoors and is frozen solid so he must find another one in the hangar, which takes even more time.
	www.chronicles-network.com /forum/707-thule-airbase.html (282 words)

	MSC ships re-supply Thule Air Base
		The base is now the home of the U.S. Air Force's 12th Space Warning Squadron as well as Danish, Greenlandic and American contractors.
		Darnell loaded 203,000 barrels of jet fuel that is also used in the generators that supply electrical power to the base, and 2,300 barrels of a special minimum-octane, freeze-resistant gasoline used by the vehicles in Thule.
		Darnell departed Thule Aug. 12, 2002 and is currently operating in the Mediterranean.
	www.msc.navy.mil /N00P/pressrel/press02/press46.htm (539 words)

	U-Tapao AB
		Now home of 12th Space Warning Squadron Thule is the only air force base with no aircraft and a tugboat.
		From 1953 to 1959, Thule's main mission was to function as an operations base for SAC strategic bombers, supporting SAC B-36s, B-47s, and KC-97s.
		AB Squadron of the Northeast Air Command arrived and air operations commenced on September 11, 1951.
	www.strategic-air-command.com /bases/Thule_AFB.htm (2442 words)

	VECO Polar Resources - The Arctic Logistics Provider for the NSF
		Lodging is at the North Star Inn and meals are served in the base dining facility.
		Thule is an active U.S. Air Force Base and clearances are required for entry to the facility.
		Thule can be reached by weekly Air Mobility Command flights, scheduled 109th Air Wing flights, or weekly commercial flights through Copenhagen and Kangerlussuaq.
	www.vecopolar.com /SingleHTMLTextArea.aspx?P=956a5892d35b44f59c737b574d8afb73 (136 words)

	MissileThreat :: Thule Early Warning Radar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Thule Ballistic Missile Early Warning Radar System (Thule BMEWS) is located at the Thule Air Base in northwestern Greenland.
		The Thule BMEWS is a 2-faced phased array radar that operates in the UHF (420-450 MHz) frequency range.
		The Thule radar became operational in 1953, and served as a key NATO listening post during the Cold War.
	www.missilethreat.com /systems/thule_early_warning_radar.html (407 words)

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