Sukhoi Su-7
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The Sukhoi Su-7 is a Soviet-era swept-wing fighter-bomber aircraft widely used during the Cold War for ground-attack missions.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sukhoi Su-7 canonical | 8 |
| Su-7 | 2 |
| Sukhoi Su-7B | 2 |
| Sukhoi Su-7BKL | 1 |
| Sukhoi Su-7BM | 1 |
| Sukhoi Su-7U | 1 |
| Sukhoi Su-7UM | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T511126 — 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: Sukhoi Su-7 Context triple: [Soviet Air Forces, notableAircraft, Sukhoi Su-7]
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A.
Su-22
The Su-22 is a Soviet-designed variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber widely exported and used for ground-attack missions by several air forces, including Poland’s.
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B.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a Soviet jet fighter aircraft introduced in the early 1950s, widely used during the Cold War and notably in the Vietnam War for its agility and effectiveness in air combat.
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C.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft introduced by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s, widely exported and renowned as one of the most produced combat aircraft in history.
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D.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a pioneering Soviet jet fighter of the early Cold War era, renowned for its swept-wing design and major role in the Korean War.
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E.
Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
The Tupolev Tu-16 bomber is a Soviet twin‑engine jet strategic bomber introduced in the 1950s, widely used for long-range bombing, maritime strike, and reconnaissance roles throughout the Cold War.
- 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: Sukhoi Su-7 Target entity description: The Sukhoi Su-7 is a Soviet-era swept-wing fighter-bomber aircraft widely used during the Cold War for ground-attack missions.
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A.
Su-22
The Su-22 is a Soviet-designed variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber widely exported and used for ground-attack missions by several air forces, including Poland’s.
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B.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a Soviet jet fighter aircraft introduced in the early 1950s, widely used during the Cold War and notably in the Vietnam War for its agility and effectiveness in air combat.
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C.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft introduced by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s, widely exported and renowned as one of the most produced combat aircraft in history.
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D.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a pioneering Soviet jet fighter of the early Cold War era, renowned for its swept-wing design and major role in the Korean War.
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E.
Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
The Tupolev Tu-16 bomber is a Soviet twin‑engine jet strategic bomber introduced in the 1950s, widely used for long-range bombing, maritime strike, and reconnaissance roles throughout the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet aircraft
ⓘ
fighter-bomber aircraft ⓘ ground-attack aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ |
| airIntakeConfiguration | nose intake ⓘ |
| armament |
bombs
ⓘ
cannons ⓘ unguided rockets ⓘ |
| conflict |
Arab–Israeli conflicts
ⓘ
linked to:
Arab–Israeli conflict
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ Yom Kippur War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Sukhoi S-1 prototype ⓘ |
| engineType | turbojet ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1955-09-07 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1959 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Sukhoi Design Bureau ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | approximately Mach 1.6 ⓘ |
| natoReportingName |
Fitter-A
ⓘ
linked to:
Fitter
|
| numberBuilt | over 1800 ⓘ |
| operator |
Afghan Air Force
ⓘ
Czechoslovak Air Force ⓘ Egyptian Air Force ⓘ Indian Air Force ⓘ Iraqi Air Force ⓘ North Korean Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
Korean People's Army
Polish Air Force ⓘ Soviet Air Forces ⓘ Syrian Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
Syrian Arab Air Force
|
| powerplant | Lyulka AL-7F turbojet ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
fighter-bomber
ⓘ
ground attack ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | late 1950s to early 1970s ⓘ |
| retired | 1990s ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 17000 m ⓘ |
| successor |
Sukhoi Su-17
ⓘ
linked to:
Su-17
|
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedFor |
close air support
ⓘ
interdiction ⓘ tactical bombing ⓘ |
| variant |
Sukhoi Su-7B
ⓘ
linked to:
Sukhoi Su-7
Sukhoi Su-7BKL ⓘ
linked to:
Sukhoi Su-7
Sukhoi Su-7BM ⓘ
linked to:
Sukhoi Su-7
Sukhoi Su-7U ⓘ
linked to:
Sukhoi Su-7
Sukhoi Su-7UM ⓘ
linked to:
Sukhoi Su-7
|
| wingConfiguration | swept wing ⓘ |
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: Sukhoi Su-7 Description of subject: The Sukhoi Su-7 is a Soviet-era swept-wing fighter-bomber aircraft widely used during the Cold War for ground-attack missions.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sukhoi Su-7
linked to: Sukhoi Su-7
linked to: Sukhoi Su-7
linked to: Sukhoi Su-7
linked to: Sukhoi Su-7
linked to: Sukhoi Su-7
subject linked to:
Lyulka AL-7F turbojet
linked to: Sukhoi Su-7
linked to: Sukhoi Su-7