The 821st Air Base Group opened Thule Air Base April 4-5 for its Armed Forces Day celebration.
The event provided the opportunity for U.S. service members and the local Danish community to build relations with the local Greenlandic villages. Visitors from Qaanaaq and the surrounding villages Savissivik, Siorapaluk and Qeqertat attended the event. Most attendees either arrived by dogsled or helicopter because of their remote locations.
About 30 visitors and 150 sled dogs began to arrive March 30, staying at either Thule AB or in hunters’ huts in Dundas village next to the base.
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