Hickam Air Force Base

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United States Air Force base military installation

Hickam Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Hawaii that now forms the Air Force component of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, supporting Pacific air operations and strategic missions.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Hickam Field	10
Hickam Air Force Base canonical	5
Hickam	2
Hickam Field, Hawaii	2
Hickam Air Force Base named in his honor	1
Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii	1
Hickam Field, Hawaii, United States	1
Hickam area	1
Hickam area of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii	1
Hickam side of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam	1
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam Air Force Element	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T624411 — 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: Hickam Air Force Base
Context triple: [Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, formedByMergerOf, Hickam Air Force Base]

A. Andersen Air Force Base
Andersen Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation on Guam that serves as a strategic hub for air operations in the Pacific region.
B. Tyndall Air Force Base
Tyndall Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation known for its air combat training and operations, located near Panama City in the Florida Panhandle.
C. Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Montgomery, Alabama, best known as the headquarters of Air University and a central hub for Air Force education and training.
D. Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field is a United States Air Force installation in Florida best known as the home of Air Force Special Operations Command and various special operations flying units.
E. Pope Army Airfield
Pope Army Airfield is a U.S. military airfield in North Carolina that supports airborne and special operations units and is closely associated with Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg).
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: Hickam Air Force Base
Target entity description: Hickam Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Hawaii that now forms the Air Force component of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, supporting Pacific air operations and strategic missions.

A. Andersen Air Force Base
Andersen Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation on Guam that serves as a strategic hub for air operations in the Pacific region.
B. Tyndall Air Force Base
Tyndall Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation known for its air combat training and operations, located near Panama City in the Florida Panhandle.
C. Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Montgomery, Alabama, best known as the headquarters of Air University and a central hub for Air Force education and training.
D. Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field is a United States Air Force installation in Florida best known as the home of Air Force Special Operations Command and various special operations flying units.
E. Pope Army Airfield
Pope Army Airfield is a U.S. military airfield in North Carolina that supports airborne and special operations units and is closely associated with Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Air Force base ⓘ military installation ⓘ
adjacentTo	Pearl Harbor ⓘ linked to: Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII)
constructionStarted	1935 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
garrison	15th Wing ⓘ Headquarters, United States Indo-Pacific Command (via nearby facilities) ⓘ linked to: United States Indo-Pacific Command Pacific Air Forces ⓘ linked to: U.S. Pacific Air Forces
hasFacility	aircraft maintenance facilities ⓘ command and control centers ⓘ logistics and supply facilities ⓘ training and education facilities ⓘ
hasHousing	on-base military family housing ⓘ
hasNamesakeOccupation	U.S. Army Air Corps officer ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ concrete ⓘ
historicalEvent	bombed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
historicalEventDate	7 December 1941 ⓘ
hostsUnit	154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard ⓘ 15th Wing ⓘ 613th Air Operations Center ⓘ Air Mobility Command tenant units ⓘ Headquarters Pacific Air Forces ⓘ linked to: U.S. Pacific Air Forces
integratedInto	Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam ⓘ
integrationDate	2010 ⓘ
locatedIn	Honolulu, Hawaii ⓘ linked to: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
locatedOn	island of Oahu ⓘ linked to: Oahu
mergedWith	Naval Station Pearl Harbor (as joint base) ⓘ linked to: Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam
namedAfter	Horace Meek Hickam ⓘ
opened	1938 ⓘ
operator	United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam ⓘ
postWWIIRole	strategic airlift hub for Pacific ⓘ
primaryCommand	Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) ⓘ linked to: U.S. Pacific Air Forces
role	air mobility and logistics support ⓘ command and control for Pacific theater ⓘ strategic air operations hub in the Pacific ⓘ
runwaySharedWith	Daniel K. Inouye International Airport ⓘ
serviceBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ
supportsCommand	United States Indo-Pacific Command ⓘ
supportsOperations	aeromedical evacuation missions ⓘ contingency operations in Asia-Pacific ⓘ
supportsRegion	Indo-Pacific ⓘ linked to: Indo-Pacific region
usedFor	air refueling operations ⓘ fighter operations ⓘ humanitarian assistance and disaster relief staging ⓘ intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ⓘ strategic airlift ⓘ
WWIIRole	base for B-17 and B-24 bombers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited