The White House intends to appeal to Greenlanders by highlighting their shared heritage with Alaska’s indigenous population.

To grasp the insanity of recent developments, you need to appreciate the long and intimate relationship of the U.S. and ...

The Pentagon fired the commander at the U.S. Space Force base in Greenland after she distanced herself from Vice President JD Vance, who recently visited the headquarters. After the vice president ...

The commander of a U.S. base in Greenland has been fired after making comments at odds with the White House’s political approach to the Arctic island. Col. Susannah Meyers, leader of Pituffik ...

Danish and Greenlandic officials, supported by the European Union, have insisted that Washington will not obtain Greenland. Known as Thule Air Base until 2023, Pituffik served as a Cold War ...

Now consider the security implications. Greenland already hosts the American-operated Thule Air Base, which plays a crucial role in missile defense and early-warning systems. As Russia ramps up ...

Denmark and the U.S. reached an agreement in 1951 that allowed the American military to construct Thule Air Base on Greenland’s northwest coast, about 750 miles from the North Pole and roughly ...

In 1941, Washington made a deal with exiled Danish officials to establish military bases in Greenland to work against German influence. It built the Pituffik Space Base, called the Thule Air Base ...

Greenland's position between Russia and the US became strategically important, and a 1951 treaty allowed the US to keep military bases on the island. In 1953, the Thule Air Base (now Pituffik ...

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 installation.

It is about 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) north of Greenland’s capital, Nuuk. It was known as the Thule Air Base until 2023, when it was renamed to recognize Greenlandic cultural heritage and ...