Officials unveil the new base sign at a renaming ceremony at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, April 6, 2023. Credit: U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Kaitlin Castillo) By John Vandiver, Published by Stars and Stripes, 11 April 2025 The commander of a U.S. base in Greenland has been fired
Chief of Space Operations U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman and distinguished guests stand in front of a radar dome belonging to the 23rd Space Operations Squadron Detachment 1 at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland on April 5, 2023. Det. 1's mission is to provide telemetry, tracking and commanding operations to
Clouds roll over the Thule Tracking Station, known as callsign "POGO," operated by the 23rd Space Operations Squadron, Detachment 1, at Thule Air Base, now known as Pituffik Space Base, in Greenland, in 2022. POGO is the northernmost unit of seven worldwide tracking stations in the Satellite Control Network. A
