İncirlik Air Base
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İncirlik Air Base is a major military air base in southern Turkey that serves as a key strategic hub for NATO and U.S. operations in the Middle East.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Incirlik Air Base | 1 |
| İncirlik Air Base canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3776077 — 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: İncirlik Air Base Context triple: [Turkish Air Force, operatesBase, İncirlik Air Base]
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A.
Koksijde Air Base
Koksijde Air Base is a Belgian military airfield on the North Sea coast, best known as a key search-and-rescue and helicopter operations base for the Belgian Air Force.
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B.
Rissala Air Base
Rissala Air Base is a major Finnish Air Force installation located near Kuopio in eastern Finland, serving both military and co-located civilian air traffic operations.
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C.
Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base
Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base is a major Kuwaiti military airfield that serves as a key hub for the Kuwait Air Force and coalition air operations in the region.
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D.
Wheelus Air Base
Wheelus Air Base was a major United States Air Force installation in Tripoli, Libya, that served as a key strategic and training base during the Cold War before its handover to Libyan control.
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E.
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base is a major military airfield in Kuwait that serves as a key operational hub for the Kuwait Air Force and often supports coalition and logistical activities.
- 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: İncirlik Air Base Target entity description: İncirlik Air Base is a major military air base in southern Turkey that serves as a key strategic hub for NATO and U.S. operations in the Middle East.
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A.
Koksijde Air Base
Koksijde Air Base is a Belgian military airfield on the North Sea coast, best known as a key search-and-rescue and helicopter operations base for the Belgian Air Force.
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B.
Rissala Air Base
Rissala Air Base is a major Finnish Air Force installation located near Kuopio in eastern Finland, serving both military and co-located civilian air traffic operations.
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C.
Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base
Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base is a major Kuwaiti military airfield that serves as a key hub for the Kuwait Air Force and coalition air operations in the region.
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D.
Wheelus Air Base
Wheelus Air Base was a major United States Air Force installation in Tripoli, Libya, that served as a key strategic and training base during the Cold War before its handover to Libyan control.
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E.
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base is a major military airfield in Kuwait that serves as a key operational hub for the Kuwait Air Force and often supports coalition and logistical activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NATO military installation
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| constructionStart | early 1950s ⓘ |
| coordinates | approximately 37.000°N 35.425°E ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| garrison |
39th Air Base Wing
ⓘ
Turkish Air Force units ⓘ |
| governedBy | Turkey–United States defense agreements ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
command and control centers
ⓘ
fuel storage facilities ⓘ hardened aircraft shelters ⓘ housing for military families ⓘ maintenance hangars ⓘ munitions storage areas ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
runway 05/23
ⓘ
runway 12/30 ⓘ |
| hostedUnit |
10th Tanker Base Command
ⓘ
39th Air Base Wing ⓘ |
| hosts |
NATO personnel
ⓘ
Turkish Air Force personnel ⓘ U.S. Air Force personnel ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Adana Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Adana Vilayet
southern Turkey ⓘ
linked to:
southern Anatolia
|
| near | Adana ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
central role in NATO air operations over Iraq after 1991
ⓘ
used as staging area for humanitarian aid to Syria and region ⓘ |
| opened | 1955 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Turkish Air Force ⓘ |
| originalName | Adana Air Base ⓘ |
| partOf | NATO infrastructure in Turkey ⓘ |
| renamed |
İncirlik Air Base
ⓘ
linked to:
Adana Air Base
|
| runwayCount | 2 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
forward operating location for U.S. forces
ⓘ
key hub for NATO operations in the Middle East ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NATO
ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ other NATO member states ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air refueling operations
ⓘ
humanitarian relief operations ⓘ intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ logistics support ⓘ tactical air operations ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Cold War
ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ operations against ISIS ⓘ |
| usedInOperation |
Operation Desert Storm
ⓘ
Operation Inherent Resolve ⓘ Operation Northern Watch ⓘ |
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: İncirlik Air Base Description of subject: İncirlik Air Base is a major military air base in southern Turkey that serves as a key strategic hub for NATO and U.S. operations in the Middle East.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: İncirlik Air Base