Kevin Hayden writes about Thule, Greenland, history, and his father:

My father spent many years as a flight engineer on EC-121 reconnaissance planes (commonly called 'Connies'), guarding the north Atlantic from Soviet attack. Throughout my youth, he'd regularly disappear on 3-day TDY (temporary duty) flights to Thule, Greenland, from Otis AFB in Massachusetts.

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