Kunsan Air Base
E103419
Kunsan Air Base is a major United States Air Force installation in South Korea that plays a critical role in regional defense and deterrence on the Korean Peninsula.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kunsan Air Base canonical | 2 |
| K-14 Air Base | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T832029 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kunsan Air Base Context triple: [United States–South Korea security alliance, keyBaseLocation, Kunsan Air Base]
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A.
Osan Air Base
Osan Air Base is a major United States Air Force installation in South Korea that serves as a critical hub for American air operations and deterrence on the Korean Peninsula.
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B.
Gando Air Base
Gando Air Base is a key Spanish Air Force installation located on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, serving both military operations and nearby civil aviation.
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C.
Koksijde Air Base
Koksijde Air Base is a Belgian military airfield on the North Sea coast, best known as a key search-and-rescue and helicopter operations base for the Belgian Air Force.
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D.
Cuatro Vientos Air Base
Cuatro Vientos Air Base is one of Spain’s oldest military airfields, located near Madrid and serving as a key installation for the Spanish Air Force and general aviation activities.
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E.
Kauhava Air Base
Kauhava Air Base is a former major Finnish Air Force airfield in western Finland that long served as the country’s primary pilot training base.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kunsan Air Base Target entity description: Kunsan Air Base is a major United States Air Force installation in South Korea that plays a critical role in regional defense and deterrence on the Korean Peninsula.
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A.
Osan Air Base
Osan Air Base is a major United States Air Force installation in South Korea that serves as a critical hub for American air operations and deterrence on the Korean Peninsula.
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B.
Gando Air Base
Gando Air Base is a key Spanish Air Force installation located on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, serving both military operations and nearby civil aviation.
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C.
Koksijde Air Base
Koksijde Air Base is a Belgian military airfield on the North Sea coast, best known as a key search-and-rescue and helicopter operations base for the Belgian Air Force.
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D.
Cuatro Vientos Air Base
Cuatro Vientos Air Base is one of Spain’s oldest military airfields, located near Madrid and serving as a key installation for the Spanish Air Force and general aviation activities.
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E.
Kauhava Air Base
Kauhava Air Base is a former major Finnish Air Force airfield in western Finland that long served as the country’s primary pilot training base.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Air Force installation
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| allianceContext |
United States–Republic of Korea alliance
ⓘ
linked to:
United States–South Korea security alliance
|
| conflictContext | Korean Peninsula security ⓘ |
| controlledBy | United States Forces Korea ⓘ |
| country | South Korea ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 9 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| garrison |
38th Fighter Group (Republic of Korea Air Force)
ⓘ
8th Fighter Wing ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
host joint US–ROK exercises
ⓘ
support contingency operations in Northeast Asia ⓘ |
| homeOf |
8th Fighter Wing "Wolf Pack"
ⓘ
linked to:
8th Fighter Wing
|
| hostsAircraftType | F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ |
| IATACode | KUV ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | RKJK ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gunsan
ⓘ
North Jeolla Province ⓘ |
| locatedOn | west coast of South Korea ⓘ |
| namedAfter | nearby city of Gunsan (Kunsan) ⓘ |
| near |
Gunsan city
ⓘ
linked to:
Gunsan
Yellow Sea ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Pacific Air Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Pacific Air Forces
|
| primaryMission |
deterrence against North Korean aggression
ⓘ
regional defense on the Korean Peninsula ⓘ |
| role |
airpower projection in Northeast Asia
ⓘ
tactical fighter operations ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 1 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | key US base on the Korean Peninsula ⓘ |
| supportsUnitType | fighter aircraft operations ⓘ |
| timezone | Korea Standard Time ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Republic of Korea Air Force
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kunsan Air Base Description of subject: Kunsan Air Base is a major United States Air Force installation in South Korea that plays a critical role in regional defense and deterrence on the Korean Peninsula.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.