King Faisal Air Base
E387427
King Faisal Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that hosts fighter aircraft and plays a key role in the country’s air defense and regional military operations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Faisal Air Base canonical | 2 |
| Riyadh Air Base | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3747119 — 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: King Faisal Air Base Context triple: [Royal Saudi Air Force, hasBase, King Faisal Air Base]
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A.
Ali Al Salem Air Base
Ali Al Salem Air Base is a major Kuwaiti military airfield that serves as a key hub for the Kuwait Air Force and coalition operations in the region.
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B.
King Abdulaziz Air Base
King Abdulaziz Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for the country’s air defense and military aviation operations.
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C.
Al Dhafra Air Base
Al Dhafra Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a key hub for both Emirati and allied air operations in the Gulf region.
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D.
Al Minhad Air Base
Al Minhad Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a strategic hub for both UAE and allied air operations in the region.
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E.
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.
- 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: King Faisal Air Base Target entity description: King Faisal Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that hosts fighter aircraft and plays a key role in the country’s air defense and regional military operations.
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A.
Ali Al Salem Air Base
Ali Al Salem Air Base is a major Kuwaiti military airfield that serves as a key hub for the Kuwait Air Force and coalition operations in the region.
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B.
King Abdulaziz Air Base
King Abdulaziz Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for the country’s air defense and military aviation operations.
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C.
Al Dhafra Air Base
Al Dhafra Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a key hub for both Emirati and allied air operations in the Gulf region.
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D.
Al Minhad Air Base
Al Minhad Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a strategic hub for both UAE and allied air operations in the region.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Saudi Air Force base
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Royal Saudi Air Defense system
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces
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| category |
Air force installations of Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
Military installations in Saudi Arabia ⓘ Royal Saudi Air Force bases ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Saudi Air Force
|
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| garrison |
Royal Saudi Air Force units
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Saudi Air Force
|
| hasCapability |
hosting foreign military aircraft
ⓘ
supporting air-to-air operations ⓘ supporting air-to-ground operations ⓘ supporting combat air patrols ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
air defense
ⓘ
fighter operations ⓘ regional military operations support ⓘ training ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
air traffic control tower
ⓘ
fuel storage facilities ⓘ hardened aircraft shelters ⓘ maintenance facilities ⓘ munitions storage areas ⓘ personnel housing ⓘ radar installations ⓘ |
| hasMission |
protect Saudi airspace
ⓘ
support allied operations in the region ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| hosts | fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tabuk Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Tabuk Region
desert climate zone ⓘ northwestern Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
ⓘ
linked to:
King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
linked to:
King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
|
| operatedBy | Royal Saudi Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Saudi Arabian Armed Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Saudi Armed Forces
|
| roleIn |
Saudi air defense network
ⓘ
regional security operations ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | major Royal Saudi Air Force installation ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Royal Saudi Air Force
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ coalition forces ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Operation Desert Storm ⓘ |
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: King Faisal Air Base Description of subject: King Faisal Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that hosts fighter aircraft and plays a key role in the country’s air defense and regional military operations.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: King Faisal Air Base
linked to: King Faisal Air Base