Thule Operation Pacer Goose

THULE AIR BASE, Greenland -- Greenland contractor personnel offloaded 40-foot containers in support of operation PACER GOOSE, an annual summertime resupply mission to Thule Air Base. The operation is wrapping up at the U.S. military’s northernmost installation, 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle. In July, a Military Sealift Command cargo ship named the American Tern, delivered more than 1.6 million pounds of cargo and a Navy fuel tanker delivered more than 8.2 million gallons of fuel. The cargo received this year will update the furnishings for the lodging facility and also serves as an avenue for delivery of items too large for the regular rotations of aircraft that fly in weekly. The resupply allows the base to operate during its austere winters, when it experiences complete darkness for months and temperatures dip to 30 degrees below zero. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Thule Operation Pacer Goose

THULE AIR BASE, Greenland -- Master Sgt. Michal Wells, 821st Support Squadron, provides forklift support for storing lodging furniture as part of Operation PACER GOOSE, an annual summertime resupply mission to Thule Air Base. The base is the U.S. military’s northernmost installation, 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle. In July, a Military Sealift Command cargo ship named the American Tern, delivered more than 1.6 million pounds of cargo and a Navy fuel tanker delivered more than 8.2 million gallons of fuel. The cargo received this year will update the furnishings for the lodging facility and also serves as an avenue for delivery of items too large for the regular rotations of aircraft that fly in weekly. The resupply allows the base to operate during its austere winters, when it experiences complete darkness for months and temperatures dip to 30 degrees below zero. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Supplies for long winter's night

Published Aug. 26, 2010
By Staff Sgt. Sarah Beasley
821st Air Base Group

THULE AIR BASE, Greenland -- Thule Air Base is busy with its annual resupply mission, dubbed Operation Pacer Goose.

Greenland contractor personnel are steadily offloading 40-foot containers in support of Operation Pacer Goose. The operation is wrapping up at the U.S. military's northernmost installation, 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

In July, a Military Sealift Command cargo ship named the American Tern, delivered more than 1.6 million pounds of cargo and a Navy fuel tanker delivered more than 8.2 million gallons of fuel. The cargo received this year will update the furnishings for the lodging facility and also serves as an avenue for delivery of items too large for the regular rotations of aircraft that fly in weekly.

The resupply allows the base to operate during its austere winters, when it experiences complete darkness for months and temperatures dip to 30 degrees below zero.

Thule Operation Pacer Goose

Thule Operation Pacer Goose