18 AF
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18 AF is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force responsible for leading and executing global air mobility operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 18 AF canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6098524 — 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: 18 AF Context triple: [Eighteenth Air Force, abbreviation, 18 AF]
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A.
14 AF
14 AF is the abbreviated designation for the United States Air Force’s historic Fourteenth Air Force, known for its roles in air and space operations.
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B.
18F
18F is a digital services agency within the U.S. federal government that helps agencies design, build, and improve public-facing technology and services.
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C.
11 AF
11 AF is the abbreviation for the Eleventh Air Force, a numbered air force of the United States Air Force responsible primarily for air operations in the Alaska region.
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D.
25 AF
25 AF is the abbreviated designation for the Twenty-Fifth Air Force, a former U.S. Air Force numbered air force responsible for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations.
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E.
AFU
AFU is the commonly used abbreviation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the military organization responsible for defending Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
- 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: 18 AF Target entity description: 18 AF is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force responsible for leading and executing global air mobility operations.
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A.
14 AF
14 AF is the abbreviated designation for the United States Air Force’s historic Fourteenth Air Force, known for its roles in air and space operations.
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B.
18F
18F is a digital services agency within the U.S. federal government that helps agencies design, build, and improve public-facing technology and services.
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C.
11 AF
11 AF is the abbreviation for the Eleventh Air Force, a numbered air force of the United States Air Force responsible primarily for air operations in the Alaska region.
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D.
25 AF
25 AF is the abbreviated designation for the Twenty-Fifth Air Force, a former U.S. Air Force numbered air force responsible for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations.
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E.
AFU
AFU is the commonly used abbreviation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the military organization responsible for defending Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
major tactical echelon of the United States Air Force
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numbered air force ⓘ |
| abbreviation | 18 AF ⓘ |
| branch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| capability |
aeromedical evacuation
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airborne operations support ⓘ global air refueling ⓘ intertheater airlift ⓘ intratheater airlift ⓘ |
| controls |
618th Air Operations Center
ⓘ
selected Air Force Reserve Command units ⓘ various active duty air mobility wings ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
Department of Defense agencies
ⓘ
linked to:
Defense Agencies
joint and coalition partners ⓘ other U.S. Air Force major commands ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| domain | air operations ⓘ |
| focus | rapid global mobility and sustainment ⓘ |
| garrison | Scott Air Force Base ⓘ |
| garrisonCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| garrisonState | Illinois ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
active duty units
ⓘ
civilian personnel ⓘ reserve units ⓘ |
| mission |
plan and execute air mobility missions worldwide
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support U.S. Transportation Command global operations ⓘ task organize, train, and equip air mobility forces ⓘ |
| nickname |
18th Air Force
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linked to:
Eighteenth Air Force
|
| partOf | Air Mobility Command ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
air mobility command and control
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operational execution of air mobility missions ⓘ |
| responsibility |
command and control of assigned air mobility forces
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deployment of air mobility forces ⓘ sustainment of air mobility forces ⓘ |
| role |
aeromedical evacuation operations
ⓘ
air mobility support ⓘ air refueling operations ⓘ airlift operations ⓘ execute global air mobility operations ⓘ lead global air mobility operations ⓘ provide rapid global mobility ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Air Mobility Command ⓘ |
| supports |
U.S. Transportation Command
ⓘ
combatant commanders worldwide ⓘ |
| theater | global ⓘ |
| typeOfUnit | operational-level headquarters ⓘ |
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: 18 AF Description of subject: 18 AF is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force responsible for leading and executing global air mobility operations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.