AC-119K Stinger
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The AC-119K Stinger was a heavily armed U.S. Air Force gunship variant of the C-119 used during the Vietnam War for close air support and interdiction missions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AC-119K Stinger canonical | 2 |
| AC-119G Shadow | 1 |
| Fairchild AC-119K Stinger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2582161 — 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: AC-119K Stinger Context triple: [Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, variant, AC-119K Stinger]
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A.
AC-7
AC-7 was a class of Southern Pacific Railroad articulated steam locomotives of the distinctive cab-forward design used primarily for heavy freight service over mountainous routes.
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B.
AC-130 gunship
The AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force for close air support, air interdiction, and force protection.
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C.
Wildcat helicopter
The Wildcat helicopter is a modern British military helicopter used for reconnaissance, attack, and maritime roles, notably operated by the UK’s Army Air Corps and Royal Navy.
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D.
C-2A Greyhound
The C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft used by the U.S. Navy primarily for carrier onboard delivery of personnel, mail, and supplies to and from aircraft carriers.
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E.
C-27J Spartan aircraft
The C-27J Spartan aircraft is a twin-engine tactical military transport plane known for its short takeoff and landing capability, rugged design, and versatile cargo and troop-carrying roles.
- 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: AC-119K Stinger Target entity description: The AC-119K Stinger was a heavily armed U.S. Air Force gunship variant of the C-119 used during the Vietnam War for close air support and interdiction missions.
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A.
AC-7
AC-7 was a class of Southern Pacific Railroad articulated steam locomotives of the distinctive cab-forward design used primarily for heavy freight service over mountainous routes.
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B.
AC-130 gunship
The AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force for close air support, air interdiction, and force protection.
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C.
Wildcat helicopter
The Wildcat helicopter is a modern British military helicopter used for reconnaissance, attack, and maritime roles, notably operated by the UK’s Army Air Corps and Royal Navy.
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D.
C-2A Greyhound
The C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft used by the U.S. Navy primarily for carrier onboard delivery of personnel, mail, and supplies to and from aircraft carriers.
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E.
C-27J Spartan aircraft
The C-27J Spartan aircraft is a twin-engine tactical military transport plane known for its short takeoff and landing capability, rugged design, and versatile cargo and troop-carrying roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fixed-wing aircraft
ⓘ
gunship aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | twin-boom transport-derived gunship ⓘ |
| airframeVariantOf |
C-119G
ⓘ
linked to:
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
|
| armament |
20 mm M61 Vulcan rotary cannon
ⓘ
7.62 mm GAU-2/A Minigun ⓘ
linked to:
7.62 mm M134 Minigun
flare launchers ⓘ illumination flares ⓘ |
| armamentConfiguration | side-firing guns ⓘ |
| basedOn | Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ |
| category | U.S. gunships of the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| contemporaryWith |
AC-130 Spectre
ⓘ
linked to:
AC-130 gunship
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crew | multiple crew members ⓘ |
| designedFor |
anti-truck missions along the Ho Chi Minh Trail
ⓘ
night operations ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
C-119 transport aircraft
ⓘ
linked to:
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
|
| enteredService | 1969 ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| feature |
armor protection for crew and vital areas
ⓘ
fire-control system ⓘ night-vision capable sensors ⓘ search radar ⓘ self-sealing fuel tanks ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| missionProfile | orbiting target area while firing side-mounted guns ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| powerplant |
auxiliary jet engines
ⓘ
radial piston engines ⓘ |
| primaryTargetType |
enemy trucks
ⓘ
ground troops ⓘ supply routes ⓘ |
| primaryTheater | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| role | gunship ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
U.S. Air Force
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Air Force
|
| serviceStatus | retired ⓘ |
| successorTo | AC-47 Spooky ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Pacific Air Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Pacific Air Forces
Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ Tactical Air Command ⓘ |
| usedFor |
armed reconnaissance
ⓘ
close air support ⓘ interdiction missions ⓘ truck interdiction ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
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: AC-119K Stinger Description of subject: The AC-119K Stinger was a heavily armed U.S. Air Force gunship variant of the C-119 used during the Vietnam War for close air support and interdiction missions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: AC-119K Stinger
subject linked to:
Flying Boxcar
linked to: AC-119K Stinger
subject linked to:
Flying Boxcar