Ambala Air Force Station
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Ambala Air Force Station is a major Indian Air Force base in Haryana known for hosting frontline fighter aircraft and playing a key strategic role in India’s air defense.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ambala Air Force Station canonical | 8 |
| Ambala AFS | 1 |
| Ambala Air Force Station (military) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1335910 — 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: Ambala Air Force Station Context triple: [Ambala, hasAirForceBase, Ambala Air Force Station]
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A.
Ayodhya Cantt
Ayodhya Cantt is a major railway station serving the city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, India, connecting it to key destinations across the country.
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B.
Bareilly Airport
Bareilly Airport is a domestic airport in Uttar Pradesh, India, serving the city of Bareilly with regional commercial flights and also functioning as an Indian Air Force base.
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C.
Pathankot
Pathankot is a city in the northern Indian state of Punjab, known as a strategic transport hub near the borders of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
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D.
Rissala Air Base
Rissala Air Base is a major Finnish Air Force installation located near Kuopio in eastern Finland, serving both military and co-located civilian air traffic operations.
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E.
Jamnagar Airport
Jamnagar Airport is a domestic airport in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, serving as a key regional hub for civilian flights and nearby industrial and defense facilities.
- 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: Ambala Air Force Station Target entity description: Ambala Air Force Station is a major Indian Air Force base in Haryana known for hosting frontline fighter aircraft and playing a key strategic role in India’s air defense.
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A.
Ayodhya Cantt
Ayodhya Cantt is a major railway station serving the city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, India, connecting it to key destinations across the country.
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B.
Bareilly Airport
Bareilly Airport is a domestic airport in Uttar Pradesh, India, serving the city of Bareilly with regional commercial flights and also functioning as an Indian Air Force base.
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C.
Pathankot
Pathankot is a city in the northern Indian state of Punjab, known as a strategic transport hub near the borders of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
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D.
Rissala Air Base
Rissala Air Base is a major Finnish Air Force installation located near Kuopio in eastern Finland, serving both military and co-located civilian air traffic operations.
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E.
Jamnagar Airport
Jamnagar Airport is a domestic airport in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, serving as a key regional hub for civilian flights and nearby industrial and defense facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian Air Force base
ⓘ
military airbase ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
272 metres
ⓘ
892 feet ⓘ |
| garrison | Indian Air Force ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Airports in Haryana
ⓘ
Indian Air Force bases ⓘ Military installations in Haryana ⓘ |
| hasICAOCode | VIAM ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryUnit |
fighter squadrons
ⓘ
support units ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
Runway 06/24
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Runway 12/30 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the oldest air bases of the Indian Air Force ⓘ |
| hosts |
Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft
ⓘ
No. 17 Squadron IAF ⓘ No. 21 Squadron IAF ⓘ SEPECAT Jaguar aircraft ⓘ frontline fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| IATACode | none (military-only airfield) ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Ambala district
ⓘ
Haryana ⓘ North India ⓘ
linked to:
northern India
|
| location | Ambala ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Ambala Cantonment
ⓘ
Ambala City ⓘ
linked to:
Ambala
|
| operator | Indian Air Force ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ |
| partOf | Western Air Command ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
air superiority missions
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ground attack missions ⓘ tactical air operations ⓘ |
| proximityToBorder | relatively close to India–Pakistan international border ⓘ |
| regionServed | northern India ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 2 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
air defence of North India
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forward air base near India–Pakistan border ⓘ |
| timezone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air defence missions
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combat operations ⓘ strike missions ⓘ training ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
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Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ambala Air Force Station Description of subject: Ambala Air Force Station is a major Indian Air Force base in Haryana known for hosting frontline fighter aircraft and playing a key strategic role in India’s air defense.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ambala Air Force Station
linked to: Ambala Air Force Station