The tug of war between Denmark and America over Greenland is about much more than Donald Trump’s trademark bluster. It is also a story of colonialism, superpower rivalry and a misprint on a map.
The US maintained its presence on the island until the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended ... is the Pituffik space base … formerly known as the Thule air base," says Rahbek-Clemmensen.
On this day in aviation history, February 13, 1950, the first recorded “Broken Arrow” incident (classified by the United ...
The ice-free zone around the ice cap is up to 300 km wide and covers an area of 410,000 km² (the area of Germany ... War, but Canadian fighter jets regularly fly out of the U.S. Pituffik Space ...
The rapid surrender of Japan in 1945 certainly suggested that the United States possessed the most decisive of weapons. Indeed there is reason to suspect that the real purpose in using them was less ...
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Experts from the U.S. Air Force are looking at ways to upgrade Cyprus’ premier air base for use as a humanitarian staging post in future operations in the Middle East ...
Yes, there were Soviet troops in North Vietnam, and in significantly larger numbers than their Korean War predecessors. Although the Cold War never ... them that the U.S. Air Force and Navy ...
Opposition to immigration is much higher in East Germany, and mainstream parties have less of a loyal base in the region, where they were not as present prior to the national reunification ...