Su-17
E322953
The Su-17 is a Soviet variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed from the Su-7 and widely used for ground-attack and strike missions during the Cold War.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sukhoi Su-17 | 7 |
| Su-17 canonical | 2 |
| Su-17M4 | 2 |
| Su-20 | 2 |
| Su-17/20/22 family | 1 |
| Su-17M | 1 |
| Su-17M2 | 1 |
| Su-17M3 | 1 |
| Sukhoi Su-17 (early variants) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2911767 — 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: Su-17 Context triple: [VVS, operatedAircraftModel, Su-17]
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A.
Sukhoi Su-7
The Sukhoi Su-7 is a Soviet-era swept-wing fighter-bomber aircraft widely used during the Cold War for ground-attack missions.
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B.
Su-9
The Su-9 was a Soviet supersonic jet interceptor aircraft developed in the 1950s for high-speed, high-altitude air defense missions.
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C.
Su-15
The Su-15 was a Soviet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed in the 1960s, best known for its role in Cold War air defense and its involvement in several high-profile shootdown incidents.
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D.
Su-11
The Su-11 was a Soviet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed in the early Cold War era to defend Soviet airspace against high-altitude threats.
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E.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a Soviet jet fighter aircraft introduced in the early 1950s, widely used during the Cold War and notably in the Vietnam War for its agility and effectiveness in air combat.
- 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: Su-17 Target entity description: The Su-17 is a Soviet variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed from the Su-7 and widely used for ground-attack and strike missions during the Cold War.
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A.
Sukhoi Su-7
The Sukhoi Su-7 is a Soviet-era swept-wing fighter-bomber aircraft widely used during the Cold War for ground-attack missions.
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B.
Su-9
The Su-9 was a Soviet supersonic jet interceptor aircraft developed in the 1950s for high-speed, high-altitude air defense missions.
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C.
Su-15
The Su-15 was a Soviet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed in the 1960s, best known for its role in Cold War air defense and its involvement in several high-profile shootdown incidents.
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D.
Su-11
The Su-11 was a Soviet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed in the early Cold War era to defend Soviet airspace against high-altitude threats.
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E.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a Soviet jet fighter aircraft introduced in the early 1950s, widely used during the Cold War and notably in the Vietnam War for its agility and effectiveness in air combat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fighter-bomber
ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ variable-sweep wing aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | single-engine ⓘ |
| armament |
air-to-air missiles
ⓘ
air-to-surface missiles ⓘ bombs ⓘ cannon ⓘ unguided rockets ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Su-7
ⓘ
linked to:
Sukhoi Su-7
|
| engineType | turbojet ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| exportVariant |
Su-20
ⓘ
linked to:
Su-17
Su-22 ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1966 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Su-17M
ⓘ
linked to:
Su-17
Su-17M2 ⓘ
linked to:
Su-17
Su-17M3 ⓘ
linked to:
Su-17
Su-17M4 ⓘ
linked to:
Su-17
|
| introduced | 1970 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Sukhoi Design Bureau ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | around 2,250 km/h ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | Fitter ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
close air support
ⓘ
tactical strike ⓘ |
| role |
fighter-bomber
ⓘ
ground-attack ⓘ strike aircraft ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | around 14,000 m ⓘ |
| status |
largely retired
ⓘ
still in limited service in some countries ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Afghan Air Force
ⓘ
Angolan Air Force ⓘ East German Air Force ⓘ Iraqi Air Force ⓘ Libyan Air Force ⓘ Polish Air Force ⓘ Russian Air Force ⓘ Soviet Air Forces ⓘ Syrian Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
Syrian Arab Air Force
Vietnam People’s Air Force ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Angolan Civil War
ⓘ
Iran–Iraq War ⓘ Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ Syrian Civil War ⓘ |
| wingType | variable-sweep 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: Su-17 Description of subject: The Su-17 is a Soviet variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed from the Su-7 and widely used for ground-attack and strike missions during the Cold War.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Lyulka AL-21F-3 turbojet
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linked to: Su-17
subject linked to:
Lyulka AL-7F turbojet
linked to: Su-17
linked to: Su-17
linked to: Su-17
linked to: Su-17
linked to: Su-17
linked to: Su-17
linked to: Su-17
linked to: Su-17
linked to: Su-17
subject linked to:
R-60 air-to-air missile