He supervised the installation of a stationary cosmic ray detector facility at Thule Air Base in Greenland, and in 1960 Pomerantz installed a cosmic ray detector at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
Operation Blue Jay is a 1953 American short documentary film about the building of Thule Air Base in Greenland from 1949 through 1952.
The "A" device is authorized only on the short tour ribbon to any service member who performs a tour of duty at an arctic based Air Force facility; most commonly Thule Air Base in Greenland.
United States Air Force | Royal Air Force | United States Army Air Forces | Royal Canadian Air Force | Indian Air Force | United States Air Force Academy | Special Air Service | Fleet Air Arm | National Air and Space Museum | Royal Australian Air Force | Strategic Air Command | Delta Air Lines | Air Canada | Israeli Air Force | International Air Transport Association | Air Training Command | United States Army Air Corps | French Air Force | Air National Guard | Edwards Air Force Base | Air Education and Training Command | Air France | Royal Naval Air Service | First Air Force | South African Air Force | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base | Air Ministry | Wacken Open Air | Civil Air Patrol | Argentine Air Force |
By the end of 1957 Skysweeper battalions remained at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to protect the Soo Locks (one battalion), Savannah River Site (two), and one 90mm and two Skysweeper battalions at Thule Air Base, Greenland (all were removed by 1959).