OK, let’s see if this works. Trying to set up a trip for March/April-ish to Thule, Greenland to the Air Force Base. Anyone know someone up there?
OK, let’s see if this works. Trying to set up a trip for March/April-ish to Thule, Greenland to the Air Force Base. Anyone know someone up there?
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20 responses to “WANTED: Anyone with any contacts at Thule, Greenland Air Force Base”
I only know Thor, the thunder god, and Leif Ericsson. Sorry, TSO>
Do not pass GO. Proceeded directly to the nearest VA hospital and get your head examined. Or at least wait for the thaw.
Here’s a link to Peterson AFB, up there in the great frozen north.
http://www.peterson.af.mil/
and this: http://www.peterson.af.mil/units/821stairbase/index.asp
I hope that helps you find your way up there.
Are you nuts? Do not go that far north until at least June!
Ex – Peterson is in Colorado and while it can be cold here, it’s not Greenland 😉
We’re actually up to 54F in Colorado Springs.
Okay, maybe this link works better. http://www.thule.af.mil/
Thule Airbase is the home of the 821st Air Base Group, 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Maybe I just copied the wrong link.
I worked with a guy who was stationed up at Thule back in the 60’s. Didn’t talk about it much. Said it beat Vietnam, but not by much.
Everything forwards to Petersburg, so I assume they must be out of there.
Oh, yeah. You might want to take swim gear along, if you go. There’s a 100 billion ton aquifer under Greenland’s ice cap. They’re all mystified about this discovery.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25463647
Seems the only Thule you want this time of year is a ski rack for the car. 😉
Peterson AFB is not in Greenland — it’s at Colorado Springs CO — same place as Ft Carson!
Ft. Carson is a dump.
The links Ex-PH2 provided are the correct ones. The unit listed there – the 821st AB Group – apparently falls under the command of Peterson AFB or one of the units based there. But the page appears to be for Thule AB, TSO; and this link from that page looks to be useful:
http://www.peterson.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=15921
GT- If you haven’t been to Ft. Carson in a while, you probably wouldn’t recognize it. There’s been quite a bit of upgrading in the last few years.
@15.
You might be right.
Lets see, last time on post was around 2003-04. It was terrible.
Last time I saw it from a distance passing through was 2011 or so.
I knew a guy at Peterson and went out a few times.
Steve Brady from the PAO with the Space Wing seems to do a few articles about Thule http://www.peterson.af.mil/main/contactus.asp
Jorge
@TSO, those links should have contact information included, so you can find someone to help you with your ‘mission’.
If you go you may want to see if you can schedule a trip to the old Camp Century site:
http://gombessa.tripod.com/scienceleadstheway/id9.html
Have fun. Glad you’re going and not me.
Just returned from Thule this past March (sure beat Minot). I threw out my travel packets so I’m going off memory. You need authorization and a reservation to go there as a civilian and there will be paperwork. There is a space-A flight out of BWI every Thursday, or a Greenland Contractor flight every Tuesday out of Copenhagen ($1-2,000). You can call the lodging office at (719) 474-3840 ext. 3276 or e-mail them at northstarinn@thule.af.mil. The food is great, booze is abundant, and Ewa will make you a custom Thule Zippo. Good luck and have fun.