Heavy Airlift Wing
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The Heavy Airlift Wing is a multinational NATO unit that provides strategic long-range airlift capabilities for member nations, primarily using C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heavy Airlift Wing canonical | 3 |
| Strategic Airlift Capability Heavy Airlift Wing | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1750032 — 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: Heavy Airlift Wing Context triple: [NATO Strategic Airlift Capability, operatedBy, Heavy Airlift Wing]
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A.
Air Mobility Command
Air Mobility Command is a major U.S. Air Force command responsible for global airlift, air refueling, and aeromedical evacuation operations that enable rapid worldwide mobility of troops and cargo.
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B.
Air Support Division
The Air Support Division is the aviation unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, providing aerial patrol, surveillance, and support for ground operations across the city.
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C.
15th Air Transport Wing
The 15th Air Transport Wing is a Belgian Air Force unit responsible for strategic and tactical airlift, VIP transport, and logistical support missions.
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D.
2nd Tactical Wing
The 2nd Tactical Wing is a major combat aviation formation of the Belgian Air Force responsible for operating fighter aircraft and conducting tactical air operations.
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E.
113th Wing
The 113th Wing is a District of Columbia Air National Guard unit that provides air defense, fighter, and support capabilities for both federal and state missions.
- 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: Heavy Airlift Wing Target entity description: The Heavy Airlift Wing is a multinational NATO unit that provides strategic long-range airlift capabilities for member nations, primarily using C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft.
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A.
Air Mobility Command
Air Mobility Command is a major U.S. Air Force command responsible for global airlift, air refueling, and aeromedical evacuation operations that enable rapid worldwide mobility of troops and cargo.
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B.
Air Support Division
The Air Support Division is the aviation unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, providing aerial patrol, surveillance, and support for ground operations across the city.
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C.
15th Air Transport Wing
The 15th Air Transport Wing is a Belgian Air Force unit responsible for strategic and tactical airlift, VIP transport, and logistical support missions.
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D.
2nd Tactical Wing
The 2nd Tactical Wing is a major combat aviation formation of the Belgian Air Force responsible for operating fighter aircraft and conducting tactical air operations.
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E.
113th Wing
The 113th Wing is a District of Columbia Air National Guard unit that provides air defense, fighter, and support capabilities for both federal and state missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NATO unit
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multinational military unit ⓘ strategic airlift unit ⓘ |
| aircraftCapability |
heavy payload
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long-range ⓘ short and semi-prepared runway operations ⓘ |
| aircraftDesignation |
C-17A
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linked to:
C-17 Globemaster III
|
| aircraftManufacturer | Boeing ⓘ |
| aircraftModelCount | C-17 Globemaster III ⓘ |
| aircraftRegistrationCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeOperated | military transport aircraft ⓘ |
| alliance |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
ⓘ
linked to:
NATO
|
| benefitsFrom |
multinational logistics support
ⓘ
shared training resources ⓘ |
| commandStructure | multinational command ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
NATO Air Command
ⓘ
linked to:
Allied Air Command
national air forces of participating states ⓘ |
| establishedFor | pooling and sharing of strategic airlift ⓘ |
| fundingModel | shared cost among participating nations ⓘ |
| geopoliticalScope | global ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
multinational aircrews
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multinational maintenance personnel ⓘ multinational support staff ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hungary
ⓘ
Pápa ⓘ |
| memberOf | NATO ⓘ |
| mission |
disaster relief support
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humanitarian airlift ⓘ transport of equipment ⓘ transport of troops ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Pápa Air Base ⓘ |
| operationalDomain | air ⓘ |
| partOf |
Strategic Airlift Capability
ⓘ
linked to:
NATO Strategic Airlift Capability
|
| primaryFunction |
inter-theater airlift
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strategic airlift for outsized cargo ⓘ |
| providesCapabilityFor |
NATO member states
ⓘ
partner nations ⓘ |
| role |
long-range airlift
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strategic airlift ⓘ |
| supportsMissionType |
aeromedical evacuation
ⓘ
combat support ⓘ evacuation operations ⓘ peacekeeping support ⓘ |
| supportsOperationType |
EU operations
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NATO operations ⓘ UN operations ⓘ national operations of participating states ⓘ |
| usesAircraft |
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
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linked to:
C-17 Globemaster III
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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: Heavy Airlift Wing Description of subject: The Heavy Airlift Wing is a multinational NATO unit that provides strategic long-range airlift capabilities for member nations, primarily using C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Heavy Airlift Wing
linked to: Heavy Airlift Wing