Gioia del Colle Air Base
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Gioia del Colle Air Base is an Italian Air Force installation in southern Italy that serves as a key hub for NATO air operations and training.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gioia del Colle Air Base canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8056397 — 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: Gioia del Colle Air Base Context triple: [Gioia del Colle, hasMilitaryBase, Gioia del Colle Air Base]
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A.
Guidonia Air Base
Guidonia Air Base is an Italian military airfield near Rome that serves as a key training and operational facility for the Italian Air Force.
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B.
Alverca Air Base
Alverca Air Base is a Portuguese military airfield and aviation facility located in Alverca do Ribatejo, near Lisbon.
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C.
Tiyas Military Airbase
Tiyas Military Airbase is a major Syrian air force installation in central Syria that has served as a key hub for military operations and foreign deployments during the Syrian conflict.
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D.
Antimachia airfield
Antimachia airfield was a strategically important World War II airbase on the Greek island of Kos that became a focal point of fighting during the Battle of Kos.
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E.
Celle Air Base
Celle Air Base is a German military airfield that served as one of the key departure points for Allied aircraft during the Berlin Airlift.
- 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: Gioia del Colle Air Base Target entity description: Gioia del Colle Air Base is an Italian Air Force installation in southern Italy that serves as a key hub for NATO air operations and training.
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A.
Guidonia Air Base
Guidonia Air Base is an Italian military airfield near Rome that serves as a key training and operational facility for the Italian Air Force.
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B.
Alverca Air Base
Alverca Air Base is a Portuguese military airfield and aviation facility located in Alverca do Ribatejo, near Lisbon.
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C.
Tiyas Military Airbase
Tiyas Military Airbase is a major Syrian air force installation in central Syria that has served as a key hub for military operations and foreign deployments during the Syrian conflict.
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D.
Antimachia airfield
Antimachia airfield was a strategically important World War II airbase on the Greek island of Kos that became a focal point of fighting during the Battle of Kos.
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E.
Celle Air Base
Celle Air Base is a German military airfield that served as one of the key departure points for Allied aircraft during the Berlin Airlift.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian Air Force base
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| allianceMembershipContext |
NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence System
ⓘ
linked to:
NATO integrated air defense system
|
| allianceRole | NATO hub ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| elevation | 350 meters ⓘ |
| garrison | 36th Wing ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
deployment base for allied aircraft
ⓘ
quick reaction alert base ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
NATO-standard communications systems
ⓘ
control tower ⓘ hardened aircraft shelters ⓘ maintenance facilities ⓘ |
| hostsAircraftType |
Eurofighter Typhoon
ⓘ
F-2000A Typhoon ⓘ
linked to:
EF-2000 Typhoon
|
| hostsUnit | 36th Stormo ⓘ |
| IATACode | GDC ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | LIBV ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Gioia del Colle ⓘ |
| locatedInPartOf |
southern Italy
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Italy
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| locatedInRegion | Apulia ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Bari ⓘ |
| operator |
Italian Air Force
ⓘ
linked to:
Aeronautica Militare
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| partOf | Italian Air Force air defense network ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 2 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
air defense of southern Italy
ⓘ
support to NATO operations in the Mediterranean ⓘ |
| supportsMissionType |
air superiority missions
ⓘ
ground attack missions ⓘ reconnaissance missions ⓘ training sorties ⓘ |
| timezone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timezoneDST | Central European Summer Time ⓘ |
| usedBy | NATO ⓘ |
| usedByDuringConflict |
Qatar Emiri Air Force
ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ United Arab Emirates Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict | 2011 military intervention in Libya ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air operations
ⓘ
air policing ⓘ aircrew training ⓘ fighter operations ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Gioia del Colle Air Base Description of subject: Gioia del Colle Air Base is an Italian Air Force installation in southern Italy that serves as a key hub for NATO air operations and training.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Gioia del Colle, Italy