402nd Tactical Airlift Squadron
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The 402nd Tactical Airlift Squadron is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force that operates transport aircraft to conduct airlift and logistical support missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 402nd Tactical Airlift Squadron canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4958054 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 402nd Tactical Airlift Squadron Context triple: [Iruma Air Base, basedUnit, 402nd Tactical Airlift Squadron]
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A.
320th Troop Carrier Squadron
The 320th Troop Carrier Squadron was a United States Army Air Forces unit in World War II responsible for transporting personnel and equipment, notably in support of the 509th Composite Group’s strategic bombing operations.
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B.
2nd Tactical Airlift Squadron
The 2nd Tactical Airlift Squadron is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force responsible for transport and airlift operations.
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C.
204th Tactical Fighter Squadron
The 204th Tactical Fighter Squadron is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force known for operating modern fighter aircraft in the air defense role.
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D.
302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron
The 302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force known for operating fighter aircraft in air defense and interception roles.
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E.
412th Operations Group
The 412th Operations Group is a U.S. Air Force unit at Edwards Air Force Base responsible for planning, executing, and supporting flight test and evaluation missions for advanced aerospace systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 402nd Tactical Airlift Squadron Target entity description: The 402nd Tactical Airlift Squadron is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force that operates transport aircraft to conduct airlift and logistical support missions.
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A.
320th Troop Carrier Squadron
The 320th Troop Carrier Squadron was a United States Army Air Forces unit in World War II responsible for transporting personnel and equipment, notably in support of the 509th Composite Group’s strategic bombing operations.
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B.
2nd Tactical Airlift Squadron
The 2nd Tactical Airlift Squadron is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force responsible for transport and airlift operations.
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C.
204th Tactical Fighter Squadron
The 204th Tactical Fighter Squadron is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force known for operating modern fighter aircraft in the air defense role.
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D.
302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron
The 302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force known for operating fighter aircraft in air defense and interception roles.
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E.
412th Operations Group
The 412th Operations Group is a U.S. Air Force unit at Edwards Air Force Base responsible for planning, executing, and supporting flight test and evaluation missions for advanced aerospace systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airlift squadron
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military unit ⓘ |
| allegiance | Japan ⓘ |
| branch | Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| domain | military aviation ⓘ |
| garrisonCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
medium airlift
ⓘ
strategic transport ⓘ tactical transport ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Air Self-Defense Force
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
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| operatesIn |
airlift operations
ⓘ
logistics support missions ⓘ |
| partOf | Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | airlift and logistical support ⓘ |
| role |
air transport
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logistical support ⓘ tactical airlift ⓘ |
| service | Japan Self-Defense Forces ⓘ |
| serviceStatus | active ⓘ |
| task |
airlift of cargo
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airlift of personnel ⓘ logistical resupply ⓘ support to other JASDF units ⓘ |
| typeOfUnit | transport squadron ⓘ |
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: 402nd Tactical Airlift Squadron Description of subject: The 402nd Tactical Airlift Squadron is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force that operates transport aircraft to conduct airlift and logistical support missions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.