Pingarssuit Mountain (P-Mountain, colloq.) is a Greenland landform near Pituffik Space Base and which has a United States Space Force military installation.
History
During the Cold War, Thule Site N-32 on P-Mountain had a US Army Air Defense Command Post for Project Nike to control the 4 missile sites in the area (the USAF also had a radar at the site for control of aircraft traffic in the area.) [1] A late 1960s satellite communications terminal was moved from the Thule P-Mountain site to Thule Site J in 1983. [2]
References
- ^ "Missile Sites".
- ^ "Newcomer's Welcome Package Thule Air Base, Greenland Home of the 821st Air Base Group" (PDF). militaryonesource.mil. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
Pingarssuit Mountain (P-Mountain, colloq.) is a Greenland landform near Pituffik Space Base and which has a United States Space Force military installation.
History
During the Cold War, Thule Site N-32 on P-Mountain had a US Army Air Defense Command Post for Project Nike to control the 4 missile sites in the area (the USAF also had a radar at the site for control of aircraft traffic in the area.) [1] A late 1960s satellite communications terminal was moved from the Thule P-Mountain site to Thule Site J in 1983. [2]
References
- ^ "Missile Sites".
- ^ "Newcomer's Welcome Package Thule Air Base, Greenland Home of the 821st Air Base Group" (PDF). militaryonesource.mil. Retrieved 2016-10-15.