The U.S. Air Force and Space Force have roughly 150 combined personnel permanently stationed at Pituffik Space Base, though Denmark and Greenland also have personnel there. Surprising Fact ...

Vice President JD Vance will travel to Greenland this week, including a stop at Pituffik Space Base, the U.S. Defense Department's northernmost installation and its only outpost on the island.

U.S. Space Force commander Gen. Chance Saltzman and guests stand in front of a radar dome belonging to the 23rd Space Operations Squadron Detachment 1 at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, April 5, 2023.

The Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base) is pictured in northern Greenland, on October 4, 2023. The base changed its name earlier in 2023.

Vice President JD Vance will travel to Greenland this week, including a stop at Pituffik Space Base, the U.S. Defense Department's northernmost installation and its only outpost on the island.

Thule Air Base, the U.S.-run ballistic missile-warning site in Greenland, was retitled Pituffik Space Base in an April 6 ceremony at America’s northernmost military installation.

LONDON -- The commander of the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland recently visited by Vice President JD Vance was removed from command on Thursday due to a "loss of confidence," the Space Force said ...

Pituffik Space Base is located on the northwestern coast of Greenland just across the Baffin Bay from Nunavut, Canada. It is pronounced bee-doo-FEEK, according to the U.S. military.