Sign 'Thule Air Base, Greenland, Base Operations' can be seen. Views of Thule Air Base, the northern most USAF (United States Air Force) base in Greenland. Base surrounded by high hills. Some snow on the ground. Aircrews inside a building doing flight planning. Navigators and pilots using E6B flight computers, and referring to fuel consumption tables. Crew members computing weight and balance with slide rules.
Surrounding area of Thule Air Force Base, Greenland. View of the bay at end of runway and Saunder's Island. Row boat and 1870 type coastal defense guns in ice covered harbor area. A frozen bay and ice bound fishing boat in background. Single unit housing area, husky and spitz dogs tied near housing area. Icebergs around harbor area of Thule Air Base, Greenland.
Two B-36Ds, of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 6th Bomb Wing, parked on snowy ramp at Thule Air Force Base, Greenland. A Convair B-36D landing at Thule Air Force Base. At end of ground roll snow is blown in front of the aircraft from reversed propellers. Airmen unload gear from aircraft at Thule. A B-36D taxiing on 4 inboard prop engines. Two B-36s landing in succession.
Snow falling on quarters at Thule Air Base, Greenland. Flags of Denmark and United States raised on flag poles. Interior of briefing room in Thule Air Base, crews in flight clothing.
Exterior of a building, sign on the building reads 'Thule Air Base, Greenland'. Views of Thule Air Base from South Mountain. Convair B-36D taxiing. Crew near the nose of the plane. Gunners scan skies through traversing sight. Interior of Convair B-36, flight engineer at his station with throttles and engine instruments visible. Interior of the radio operators station in Convair B-36. Radio operator sending a message by modulated carrier wave (morse code).
Interior of a hangar number 8 at Thule Air Force Base, Greenland. Air Force mechanics perform general maintenance work on Convair B-36 aircraft of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 6th Bomb Wing, home-based at Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, New Mexico. The mechanics pull an auxiliary heater up on to the wing and start it.