Fort Wolters
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Fort Wolters is a former U.S. Army training base near Mineral Wells, Texas, best known as a major helicopter training center during the Vietnam War era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Wolters canonical | 1 |
| Fort Wolters military training area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9787420 — 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: Fort Wolters Context triple: [Mineral Wells, Texas, hasLandmark, Fort Wolters]
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A.
Fort Bliss
Fort Bliss is a major United States Army installation in West Texas and New Mexico, known for air defense artillery training and extensive desert training grounds.
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B.
Fort Cavazos
Fort Cavazos is a major U.S. Army installation in Texas that serves as a key training and operational base for armored and mechanized forces.
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C.
Fort Concho, Texas
Fort Concho, Texas is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in San Angelo that played a key role in protecting West Texas during the Indian Wars and is now preserved as a National Historic Landmark.
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D.
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Fort Sill, Oklahoma is a major U.S. Army installation best known as the home of the Army’s Field Artillery training and operations.
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E.
Boyington
Boyington is a surname most notably associated with American architect William W. Boyington, known for designing prominent 19th-century buildings in Chicago.
- 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: Fort Wolters Target entity description: Fort Wolters is a former U.S. Army training base near Mineral Wells, Texas, best known as a major helicopter training center during the Vietnam War era.
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A.
Fort Bliss
Fort Bliss is a major United States Army installation in West Texas and New Mexico, known for air defense artillery training and extensive desert training grounds.
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B.
Fort Cavazos
Fort Cavazos is a major U.S. Army installation in Texas that serves as a key training and operational base for armored and mechanized forces.
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C.
Fort Concho, Texas
Fort Concho, Texas is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in San Angelo that played a key role in protecting West Texas during the Indian Wars and is now preserved as a National Historic Landmark.
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D.
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Fort Sill, Oklahoma is a major U.S. Army installation best known as the home of the Army’s Field Artillery training and operations.
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E.
Boyington
Boyington is a surname most notably associated with American architect William W. Boyington, known for designing prominent 19th-century buildings in Chicago.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former U.S. Army base
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military installation ⓘ |
| closureReason | post-Vietnam military drawdown ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
United States Army Primary Helicopter Center
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distanceFrom | approximately 5 miles east of Mineral Wells, Texas ⓘ |
| endDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| era | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| garrisonType | training base ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
airfields
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helicopter landing areas ⓘ training ranges ⓘ |
| heritage | site of large-scale U.S. helicopter pilot production ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Cold War
ⓘ
Vietnam War era ⓘ
linked to:
Vietnam War
World War II ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mineral Wells, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Mineral Wells, Texas, United States
Palo Pinto County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mineral Wells, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Mineral Wells, Texas, United States
|
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jacob F. Wolters ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive helicopter stage fields
ⓘ
large training airspace ⓘ |
| notableFor | major helicopter training center during the Vietnam War era ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Army training system ⓘ |
| peakTrainingPeriod |
1960s
ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ |
| postMilitaryUse |
aviation-related facilities
ⓘ
industrial park ⓘ |
| previousName | Camp Wolters ⓘ |
| region | North Texas ⓘ |
| reopenedAs | primary helicopter school ⓘ |
| reopenedYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| startDate | 1925 ⓘ |
| status | closed ⓘ |
| trainingRole |
primary helicopter training for U.S. Army
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primary helicopter training for U.S. Marine Corps ⓘ primary helicopter training for allied nations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aviation training
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helicopter pilot training ⓘ infantry training ⓘ |
| worldWarIIUse |
German prisoner-of-war camp
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infantry replacement training center ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Wolters Description of subject: Fort Wolters is a former U.S. Army training base near Mineral Wells, Texas, best known as a major helicopter training center during the Vietnam War era.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mineral Wells, Texas, United States
linked to: Fort Wolters