Fourth Air Force
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Fourth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve Command responsible for overseeing and supporting multiple airlift and mobility wings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fourth Air Force canonical | 15 |
| 4th Air Force | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2515363 — 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: Fourth Air Force Context triple: [446th Airlift Wing, commandStructure, Fourth Air Force]
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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.
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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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Eighteenth 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.
- 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: Fourth Air Force Target entity description: Fourth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve Command responsible for overseeing and supporting multiple airlift and mobility wings.
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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.
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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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Eighteenth 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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Air Force formation
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major subordinate unit ⓘ numbered air force ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| branch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| commandStructure |
Air Force Reserve Command
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linked to:
Air Force Reserve
|
| component | Air Force Reserve ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| engagedIn |
contingency operations support
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disaster relief airlift support ⓘ humanitarian airlift operations ⓘ peacetime airlift missions ⓘ |
| focus |
aerial refueling support
ⓘ
air mobility ⓘ strategic airlift ⓘ tactical airlift ⓘ |
| garrison | March Air Reserve Base ⓘ |
| garrisonLocation |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
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| hasCapability |
aeromedical evacuation
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air refueling support ⓘ aircrew training ⓘ global airlift ⓘ |
| higherCommand | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| mission |
organize, train, and equip Air Force Reserve mobility forces
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provide combat-ready air mobility forces ⓘ support global reach and rapid global mobility ⓘ |
| nickname | 4 AF ⓘ |
| operatesWithin |
continental United States
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linked to:
contiguous United States
|
| oversees |
Air Force Reserve air mobility wings
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linked to:
Air Force Reserve
Air Force Reserve airlift wings ⓘ
linked to:
Air Force Reserve
Air Force Reserve associate mobility units ⓘ |
| partOf |
Air Force Reserve Command
ⓘ
linked to:
Air Force Reserve
|
| primaryFunction | command and control of reserve mobility forces ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
associate units at active-duty bases
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multiple air mobility wings ⓘ multiple airlift wings ⓘ |
| role |
aeromedical evacuation support
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air mobility operations ⓘ airlift operations ⓘ operational oversight of reserve wings ⓘ training and readiness oversight ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
United States Air Force Reserve
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linked to:
Air Force Reserve
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| subordinateTo |
Commander, Air Force Reserve Command
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linked to:
Chief of Air Force Reserve
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| supports |
Air Mobility Command
ⓘ
United States Transportation Command ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Transportation Command
joint and coalition operations ⓘ |
| typeOfUnit | operational headquarters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Fourth Air Force Description of subject: Fourth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve Command responsible for overseeing and supporting multiple airlift and mobility wings.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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