Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

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United States Air Force base

Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina is a major U.S. Air Force installation that serves as a key operational and command hub for air combat and Army forces in the southeastern United States.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Shaw Air Force Base	12
Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina canonical	4
Shaw Air Force Base vicinity (military installation area)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3318416 — 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: Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
Context triple: [Third United States Army, headquartersLocationIn21stCentury, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina]

A. Joint Base Charleston
Joint Base Charleston is a major U.S. military installation that supports Air Force, Navy, Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and other Department of Defense operations in the Charleston, South Carolina area.
B. Walker Air Force Base (former)
Walker Air Force Base (former) was a major United States Air Force installation in New Mexico that played a key role in Strategic Air Command operations during the Cold War before its closure in the late 1960s.
C. Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
Robins Air Force Base in Georgia is a major U.S. Air Force installation known for its large logistics, maintenance, and support operations, including serving as a key center for Air Force Reserve Command activities.
D. Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in Georgia known for its large logistics, maintenance, and support operations.
E. Hunter Army Airfield
Hunter Army Airfield is a U.S. Army airfield in Savannah, Georgia, that serves as a key base for rapid-deployment and special operations forces.
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: Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
Target entity description: Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina is a major U.S. Air Force installation that serves as a key operational and command hub for air combat and Army forces in the southeastern United States.

A. Joint Base Charleston
Joint Base Charleston is a major U.S. military installation that supports Air Force, Navy, Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and other Department of Defense operations in the Charleston, South Carolina area.
B. Walker Air Force Base (former)
Walker Air Force Base (former) was a major United States Air Force installation in New Mexico that played a key role in Strategic Air Command operations during the Cold War before its closure in the late 1960s.
C. Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
Robins Air Force Base in Georgia is a major U.S. Air Force installation known for its large logistics, maintenance, and support operations, including serving as a key center for Air Force Reserve Command activities.
D. Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in Georgia known for its large logistics, maintenance, and support operations.
E. Hunter Army Airfield
Hunter Army Airfield is a U.S. Army airfield in Savannah, Georgia, that serves as a key base for rapid-deployment and special operations forces.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Air Force base ⓘ
aircraftStationed	F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ
branch	United States Air Force ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 75 meters ⓘ
FAAcode	SSC ⓘ
garrison	20th Fighter Wing ⓘ Fifteenth Air Force ⓘ Ninth Air Force (historical) ⓘ linked to: Ninth Air Force United States Army Central ⓘ
hasFacilityType	airfield ⓘ family housing ⓘ headquarters complex ⓘ maintenance facilities ⓘ training facilities ⓘ
hasRunway	Runway 04/22 ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ concrete ⓘ
homeOf	20th Fighter Wing ⓘ Fifteenth Air Force headquarters ⓘ linked to: Fifteenth Air Force United States Army Central headquarters ⓘ linked to: United States Army Central
hostsUnitType	Army service component command ⓘ air forces headquarters ⓘ fighter wing ⓘ
IATAcode	SSC ⓘ
ICAOcode	KSSC ⓘ
locatedIn	South Carolina ⓘ Sumter County, South Carolina ⓘ southeastern United States ⓘ linked to: Southern United States
majorCommand	Air Combat Command ⓘ
namedAfter	Ervin David Shaw ⓘ
nearCity	Sumter, South Carolina ⓘ
opened	World War II era ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Air Force ⓘ
ownedBy	United States Department of Defense ⓘ linked to: Department of Defense
partOf	United States military installation network ⓘ linked to: United States military bases
primaryMission	air combat operations ⓘ command and control for air forces ⓘ support of Army forces ⓘ
role	command hub for Army forces in southeastern United States ⓘ key operational hub for air combat in southeastern United States ⓘ
supportsCommand	Air Combat Command operations ⓘ United States Central Command operations (via Army Central) ⓘ
timezone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
usedFor	fighter operations ⓘ joint Air Force–Army operations support ⓘ pilot training (historical) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited