KC-45A
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The KC-45A was a proposed next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, based on the Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport platform.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport | 3 |
| KC-45A canonical | 2 |
| KC-330 Cygnus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7216981 — 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: KC-45A Context triple: [KC-X program, initialSelectedAircraft, KC-45A]
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A.
KC-10 Extender
The KC-10 Extender is a U.S. Air Force aerial refueling and cargo aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliner, used for long-range tanker and transport missions.
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B.
AC-119K Stinger
The AC-119K Stinger was a heavily armed U.S. Air Force gunship variant of the C-119 used during the Vietnam War for close air support and interdiction missions.
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C.
AHS Krab
AHS Krab is a Polish 155mm self-propelled tracked howitzer used by the Polish Armed Forces for long-range artillery support.
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D.
Kawasaki C-2
The Kawasaki C-2 is a Japanese twin-engine, long-range military transport aircraft designed for heavy airlift and rapid deployment missions.
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E.
C-2A Greyhound
The C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft used by the U.S. Navy primarily for carrier onboard delivery of personnel, mail, and supplies to and from aircraft carriers.
- 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: KC-45A Target entity description: The KC-45A was a proposed next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, based on the Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport platform.
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A.
KC-10 Extender
The KC-10 Extender is a U.S. Air Force aerial refueling and cargo aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliner, used for long-range tanker and transport missions.
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B.
AC-119K Stinger
The AC-119K Stinger was a heavily armed U.S. Air Force gunship variant of the C-119 used during the Vietnam War for close air support and interdiction missions.
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C.
AHS Krab
AHS Krab is a Polish 155mm self-propelled tracked howitzer used by the Polish Armed Forces for long-range artillery support.
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D.
Kawasaki C-2
The Kawasaki C-2 is a Japanese twin-engine, long-range military transport aircraft designed for heavy airlift and rapid deployment missions.
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E.
C-2A Greyhound
The C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft used by the U.S. Navy primarily for carrier onboard delivery of personnel, mail, and supplies to and from aircraft carriers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerial refueling tanker aircraft
ⓘ
proposed military aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftFamily |
Airbus A330 family
ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus A330
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| aircraftType | multi-role tanker transport ⓘ |
| airForceDesignation | KC-45A ⓘ |
| airframeSupplier | Airbus ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport
ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus A330
Airbus A330-200 ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus A330
|
| competitionWith |
Boeing KC-46
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing KC-46 Pegasus
Boeing KC-767 ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing KC-46 Pegasus
|
| configuration | twin-engine jet ⓘ |
| contractStatus | KC-X award overturned ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designationBy |
United States Department of Defense
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
|
| designFeature |
centerline refueling boom
ⓘ
large underfloor cargo hold ⓘ underwing refueling pods ⓘ wide-body fuselage ⓘ |
| developedForProgram |
KC-X tanker competition
ⓘ
linked to:
KC-X program
|
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| intendedMission |
air-to-air refueling
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ personnel transport ⓘ |
| intendedService |
long-range tanker operations
ⓘ
strategic airlift support ⓘ |
| intendedToReplace |
KC-135 Stratotanker
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
|
| manufacturerPrime |
EADS North America
ⓘ
linked to:
EADS
Northrop Grumman ⓘ |
| operatorIntended | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| programControversy | KC-X contract award protest ⓘ |
| programName |
KC-X
ⓘ
linked to:
KC-X program
|
| programResult | lost re-compete to Boeing KC-46A ⓘ |
| programType | next-generation tanker replacement program ⓘ |
| proposedServiceEntry | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| protestFiledBy | Boeing ⓘ |
| protestUpheldBy |
U.S. Government Accountability Office
ⓘ
linked to:
Government Accountability Office
|
| refuelingMethod |
flying boom
ⓘ
hose-and-drogue ⓘ |
| role |
aerial refueling
ⓘ
transport ⓘ |
| selectedBy | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| selectionDate | February 2008 ⓘ |
| selectionOutcome | initially selected over Boeing KC-767 proposal ⓘ |
| status |
cancelled
ⓘ
not built for USAF service ⓘ |
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: KC-45A Description of subject: The KC-45A was a proposed next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, based on the Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport platform.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.