you're ok with him invading Greenland?
Originally Posted by pxmcc
we already invaded Greenland. decades ago. it's up to them to do something about it
Pituffik Space Base
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituffik_Space_Base
Thule Air Base
Major air and space units assigned
Sources for major commands and major units assigned:
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- 662nd Air Base Squadron, 20 July 1951 Redesignated: 6612th Air Base Group, 1 January 1952Redesignated: 6607th Air Base Wing, 1 June 1954 1 April 1957
- 318th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 1 July 1953 5 August 1954
- 74th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 20 August 1954 25 June 1958
- 320th Air Refueling Squadron, 4 May 1955 10 June 1957 Detached from 320th Bombardment Wing, March AFB, California
- 509th Air Refueling Squadron, c. 17 June 1955 c. 3 August 1955 Detached from 509th Bombardment Wing, Walker AFB, New Mexico
- 96th Air Refueling Squadron, 13 July 1955 14 September 1955 Detached from 96th Bombardment Wing, Altus AFB, Oklahoma
- 26th Air Refueling Squadron, 9 September 1955 2 November 1955; 5 September 1956 15 December 1956 Detached from 380th Bombardment Wing, Plattsburgh AFB, New York
- 42d Air Refueling Squadron, 2 November 1955 28 December 1955; 1 January 1957 7 March 1957 Detached from 42d Bombardment Wing, Loring AFB, Maine
- 71st Air Refueling Squadron, 29 December 1955 27 March 1956 Detached from 2d Bombardment Wing, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
- 341st Air Refueling Squadron, 27 March 1956 26 June 1956 Detached from 341st Bombardment Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas
- 40th Air Refueling Squadron, 27 June 1956 4 September 1956; c. 1 October 1958 January, 9 1959 Detached from 40th Bombardment Wing, Smoky Hill AFB, Kansas
- 340th Air Refueling Squadron, 29 October 1956 30 December 1956 Detached from 340th Bombardment Wing, Whiteman AFB, Missouri
- 100th Air Refueling Squadron c. 2 Jan 1958 2 Apr 1958, Detached from 100th Bomb Wing Pease AFB New Hampshire
- 509th Air Refueling Squadron c. 3 Apr 1958 4 Jul 1959, Detached from 509th Bomb Wing Pease AFB New Hampshire
- 4083d Strategic Wing, 1 April 1957 1 July 1959
- 4083d Air Base Group, 1 April 1957 Redesignated: 4083d Air Base Wing, 1 July 1960Redesignated: 4083d Air Base Group, 1 October 1960Redesignated: 4683d Combat Support Group, 1 July 1965Redesignated: 4683d Air Base Group, 1 July 1970 1 October 1977
- 4683d Air Defense Wing, 1 July 1960 1 July 1965
- 327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 3 July 1958 25 March 1960
- 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 September 1960 1 July 1965
- OL-5, 6594th Test Wing (Satellite), Air Force Systems Command, 15 October 1961 Redesignated: 22nd Space Operations Squadron, 1 June 1997Redesignated: Det 3, 22d Space Operations Squadron, 1 May 2004Redesignated: Det 1, 23d Space Operations Squadron, 1 October 2010 present
- 12th Missile Warning Group, 31 March 1977 Redesignated: 12th Missile Warning Squadron, 15 June 1983Redesignated: 12th Missile Warning Group, 1 October 1989Redesignated: 12th Space Warning Squadron, 15 May 1992 present
- 4711th Air Base Squadron, 31 March 1977 Redesignated: 4685th Air Base Squadron, 1 October 1980 31 March 1981
- 821st Air Base Group, 1 June 2002 present Redesignated: 821st Space Base Group, 6 April 2023
Major Army units assigned
- 4th Battalion, 55th Artillery, 1 Sep 1958 20 Dec 1965. (Nike)[32]
- 7th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, 1 July 1955 20 December 1965 (Redesignated 7th Artillery Group 20 March 1958) [A, B, C, and D Batteries 90mm AAA cannon; 549th 75mm AAA BN (Sky Sweeper); 51st Ordnance Company][32]
Remote tracking station
Thule Tracking Station (TTS) is operated by Pituffik Space Base, using the callsign POGO. The station
76°30′57″N 68°36′0″W) is a US Space Force installation in Greenland, near the base, and has a
Remote Tracking Station (callsign: Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (POGO)) of the Satellite Control Network.
[33]
It was originally the classified
6594th Test Wing's Operating Location 5 designated by
Air Force Systems Command on 15 October 1961: the station was operational on 30 March 1962, with "transportable antenna vans parked in an old
Strategic Air Command bomb assembly building."
[33] The permanent RTS equipment was emplaced in 1964,
[33] and a communications terminal was emplaced on
Pingarssuit MountainThule Site N-32
[34] (moved to
Thule Site J in 1983.
[33]
Based units
Notable units based at Pituffik Space Base:
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United States Space Force
Space Operations Command
USAF tugboat
To assist with port operations, Pituffik is home to the only tugboat in the Department of the Air Force, the 71-foot
Rising Star (USAF TG-71-9001).
[36] In the summertime, the
Rising Star escorts fuel tankers and cargo ships, aligns them with the pier, and moves icebergs out of the way as vessels enter North Star Bay. It is also used for sightseeing tours of the surrounding bays and fjords during the summer. In the winter, it is hauled onto shore. In 2020, the tugboat was used to save a sinking ship and its crew of six 50 kilometers (31 mi) south of base, towing the distressed ship back to the port at Pituffik.
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we already own Greenland because we defend it. can Denmark defend it? Nope!
we own it. let Denmark try to stop that. with their vast Military might against the US.
BAHHAHAAAAAA
we've been protecting Greenland since WWII and those dutch pussies know it.