Thule Air Base

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Thule Air Base is a remote United States Air Force installation in northwest Greenland that serves as a key Arctic military and radar outpost.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thule Air Base canonical 6
Thule Air Base, Greenland 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force base
military installation
access restricted
climate Arctic region
surface form: Arctic
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distanceToNorthPole approximately 750 miles
environment remote
establishedDuring Cold War
garrison 21st Space Wing
Space Base Delta 1
hasAlternateName Pituffik
Pituffik Space Base
Thule Air Base
surface form: Thule Air Base, Greenland
hasFacility airfield
communications infrastructure
housing area
long-range radar site
port facilities
power plant
hasFunction air base operations
ballistic missile early warning
satellite tracking
space surveillance
hasRadarSystem Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
phased-array radar
locatedIn Denmark
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark
location Arctic region
northwest Greenland
near Qaanaaq
notableFor being one of the northernmost U.S. military bases
continuous Arctic operations
operator United States Air Force
partOf North American Aerospace Defense Command
Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
surface form: United States Space Force missile warning network
primaryMission missile warning
space surveillance
runwaySurface asphalt
strategicImportance key Arctic outpost
part of U.S. early warning system
timeZone UTC-4
usedBy Danish Armed Forces
Greenlandic personnel
United States Air Force
United States Space Force
usedFor Arctic military operations
missile warning
radar outpost
space domain awareness

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inuktun isSpokenNear Thule Air Base
PAVE PAWS radar site locatedIn Thule Air Base
Thule area associatedWith Thule Air Base
Qaanaaq locatedNear Thule Air Base
Thule Air Base hasAlternateName Thule Air Base
this entity surface form: Thule Air Base, Greenland
Thule Tracking Station location Thule Air Base
Thule Tracking Station garrison Thule Air Base