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U.S. and Canadian military aircraft are deploying to Greenland for a long-planned exercise by the North American Aerospace Defense Command at a time of heightened political attention on the Arctic territory. Fewer than 200 U.S. Space Force Guardians and Air Force Airmen are currently stationed at Pituffik Space Base, where they carry out key missions tied to the defense of the U.S. homeland, experts told Air & Space Forces Magazine.

NORAD exercise and Space Force missions highlight U.S. military role at Greenland’s Pituffik Space Base

  According to a NORAD post on X, the exercise is a routine activity conducted under enduring defense cooperation agreements between the United States, Canada, and Denmark, with Greenland as an autonomous territory. The activity comes amid political sensitivity, as Donald Trump has pushed for U.S. ownership of Greenland, despite Denmark offering to expand the

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