Eighteenth Air Force

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United States Air Force major component numbered air force

The Eighteenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force responsible for leading and executing global air mobility operations, including airlift, air refueling, and aeromedical evacuation missions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
18th Air Force	5
Eighteenth Air Force canonical	5

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1199363 — 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: Eighteenth Air Force
Context triple: [89th Airlift Wing, commandStructure, Eighteenth Air Force]

A. Ninth Air Force
Ninth Air Force was a major tactical air force of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, best known for its close air support and air-ground operations in the European Theater, particularly during and after the D-Day invasion.
B. Eleventh Air Force
The Eleventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force responsible for air operations and defense in the Alaska and North Pacific region.
C. Thirteenth Air Force
Thirteenth Air Force was a major U.S. air force formation in the Pacific theater during World War II, known for its combat operations across the South and Southwest Pacific.
D. Twelfth Air Force
Twelfth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States that played a major role in Allied air operations in the Mediterranean Theater during World War II and later served in various tactical and training capacities.
E. Fifteenth Air Force
The Fifteenth Air Force was a major United States Army Air Forces strategic bombing formation in World War II, operating primarily from bases in Italy to strike industrial and military targets across Germany and occupied Europe.
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: Eighteenth Air Force
Target entity description: The Eighteenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force responsible for leading and executing global air mobility operations, including airlift, air refueling, and aeromedical evacuation missions.

A. Ninth Air Force
Ninth Air Force was a major tactical air force of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, best known for its close air support and air-ground operations in the European Theater, particularly during and after the D-Day invasion.
B. Eleventh Air Force
The Eleventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force responsible for air operations and defense in the Alaska and North Pacific region.
C. Thirteenth Air Force
Thirteenth Air Force was a major U.S. air force formation in the Pacific theater during World War II, known for its combat operations across the South and Southwest Pacific.
D. Twelfth Air Force
Twelfth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States that played a major role in Allied air operations in the Mediterranean Theater during World War II and later served in various tactical and training capacities.
E. Fifteenth Air Force
The Fifteenth Air Force was a major United States Army Air Forces strategic bombing formation in World War II, operating primarily from bases in Italy to strike industrial and military targets across Germany and occupied Europe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Air Force major component ⓘ numbered air force ⓘ
abbreviation	18 AF ⓘ
branchOf	United States Air Force ⓘ
commandStructure	Air Mobility Command ⓘ
conflict	Korean War ⓘ
controls	air mobility wings ⓘ air refueling wings ⓘ airlift wings ⓘ expeditionary mobility task forces ⓘ provisional air mobility units during contingencies ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateFounded	1951-03-28 ⓘ
doctrine	United States Air Force air mobility doctrine ⓘ
equipmentTypeOperated	aeromedical evacuation-configured aircraft ⓘ air refueling aircraft ⓘ airlift aircraft ⓘ
garrison	Scott Air Force Base ⓘ
garrisonLocation	Illinois ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
hasCapability	aerial refueling ⓘ global aeromedical evacuation ⓘ strategic airlift ⓘ tactical airlift ⓘ
hasComponent	Tanker Airlift Control Center ⓘ
higherFormation	United States Air Force ⓘ
mission	provide rapid global mobility and sustainment for America’s armed forces ⓘ support national security objectives through global reach operations ⓘ
motto	“Airmen... Trusted and Empowered to Deliver Rapid Global Mobility” ⓘ
nickname	18th Air Force ⓘ linked to: Eighteenth Air Force
partOf	Air Mobility Command ⓘ
primaryFunction	global air mobility ⓘ
responsibility	operational control of assigned air mobility forces ⓘ providing rapid global mobility for the Department of Defense ⓘ tasking, executing, and assessing global air mobility missions ⓘ
role	aeromedical evacuation operations ⓘ air mobility operations ⓘ air refueling operations ⓘ airlift operations ⓘ global air mobility command and control ⓘ
serviceBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
supports	United States combatant commands ⓘ linked to: Unified Combatant Commands aeromedical evacuation of wounded and ill personnel ⓘ disaster relief operations ⓘ humanitarian assistance missions ⓘ joint and coalition operations ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	global ⓘ
typeOf	operational-level warfighting headquarters ⓘ

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