33rd Rescue Squadron
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The 33rd Rescue Squadron is a United States Air Force combat search and rescue unit known for conducting helicopter-based personnel recovery and emergency rescue operations in the Pacific region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 33rd Rescue Squadron canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6854264 — 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: 33rd Rescue Squadron Context triple: [Kadena Air Base, hostsUnit, 33rd Rescue Squadron]
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A.
129th Rescue Wing
The 129th Rescue Wing is a California Air National Guard unit specializing in combat search and rescue and personnel recovery missions by air.
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B.
34th Special Operations Squadron
The 34th Special Operations Squadron is a United States Air Force unit that conducts specialized and often clandestine air operations in support of special operations forces.
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C.
349th Squadron
The 349th Squadron is a military aviation unit, likely part of an air force wing structure and responsible for specific operational flying missions.
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D.
73rd Special Operations Squadron
The 73rd Special Operations Squadron is a United States Air Force unit that conducts specialized and often clandestine air operations in support of special operations forces.
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E.
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.
- 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: 33rd Rescue Squadron Target entity description: The 33rd Rescue Squadron is a United States Air Force combat search and rescue unit known for conducting helicopter-based personnel recovery and emergency rescue operations in the Pacific region.
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A.
129th Rescue Wing
The 129th Rescue Wing is a California Air National Guard unit specializing in combat search and rescue and personnel recovery missions by air.
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B.
34th Special Operations Squadron
The 34th Special Operations Squadron is a United States Air Force unit that conducts specialized and often clandestine air operations in support of special operations forces.
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C.
349th Squadron
The 349th Squadron is a military aviation unit, likely part of an air force wing structure and responsible for specific operational flying missions.
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D.
73rd Special Operations Squadron
The 73rd Special Operations Squadron is a United States Air Force unit that conducts specialized and often clandestine air operations in support of special operations forces.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Air Force squadron
ⓘ
combat search and rescue unit ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeOperated |
HH-60G Pave Hawk
ⓘ
linked to:
HH-60 Pave Hawk
HH-60W Jolly Green II ⓘ |
| assignedTo | 18th Wing ⓘ |
| branchType | active duty ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| equipmentType | combat search and rescue helicopters ⓘ |
| focus |
combat medical evacuation
ⓘ
personnel recovery operations ⓘ survivor location and extraction ⓘ |
| garrisonCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| garrisonLocation | Kadena Air Base ⓘ |
| higherCommand |
Pacific Air Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Pacific Air Forces
|
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| missionType |
combat search and rescue
ⓘ
disaster relief ⓘ humanitarian assistance ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ noncombatant evacuation operations ⓘ |
| nickname | 33 RQS ⓘ |
| notableCapability |
all-weather operations
ⓘ
combat search and rescue in hostile environments ⓘ day and night operations ⓘ overwater rescue operations ⓘ |
| operatesFrom |
Kadena Air Base, Okinawa
ⓘ
linked to:
Kadena Air Base
|
| operationalArea |
Indo-Pacific
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Pacific region
Pacific region ⓘ |
| partOf | Air Combat Command ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
combat search and rescue in the Pacific region
ⓘ
helicopter-based personnel recovery ⓘ |
| regionSupported |
East Asia
ⓘ
East China Sea ⓘ Philippine Sea ⓘ Western Pacific ⓘ
linked to:
western Pacific Ocean
|
| role |
combat search and rescue
ⓘ
emergency rescue operations ⓘ personnel recovery ⓘ |
| service | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| serviceComponent | Regular Air Force ⓘ |
| serviceRole |
combat search and rescue for downed aircrew
ⓘ
rescue of isolated personnel ⓘ support to joint and combined operations ⓘ |
| supports |
U.S. forces in the Pacific
ⓘ
allied and partner forces in the Pacific ⓘ |
| typeOfUnit | flying squadron ⓘ |
| usesPlatform |
helicopters
ⓘ
rotary-wing aircraft ⓘ |
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: 33rd Rescue Squadron Description of subject: The 33rd Rescue Squadron is a United States Air Force combat search and rescue unit known for conducting helicopter-based personnel recovery and emergency rescue operations in the Pacific region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.