Operation Northern Falcon | |
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Planned by | Ukrainian Air Force |
Objective | transportation of fuel |
Date | 12 January 2009 | – present
Operation Northern Falcon (Ukrainian: Операція «Північний сокіл») is a joint Ukrainian–Danish operation in Greenland for the transportation of fuel from the United States Air Force's Thule Air Base to the Danish Station Nord by the military transport aircraft Ilyushin Il-76MD of the Ukrainian Air Force. It has been conducted annually since 2009.[1]