RAF Bentwaters
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RAF Bentwaters was a former Royal Air Force and later United States Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known for its role in Cold War air operations and its association with the Rendlesham Forest UFO incident.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAF Bentwaters canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12536694 — 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: RAF Bentwaters Context triple: [Rendlesham, hasNearbyMilitarySite, RAF Bentwaters]
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A.
RAF Mildenhall
RAF Mildenhall is a major Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as a long-standing hub for United States Air Force operations in the UK.
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B.
RAF Lakenheath
RAF Lakenheath is a major United States Air Force-operated airbase in eastern England that serves as a key hub for American air power in Europe.
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C.
RAF Marham
RAF Marham is a major Royal Air Force station in eastern England, historically home to frontline bomber and strike aircraft and a key base for the UK's air operations.
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D.
RAF Honington
RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as the home of the RAF Regiment and a key centre for ground-based air defence and force protection training.
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E.
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Lossiemouth is a major Royal Air Force station in Moray, Scotland, serving as a key base for fast-jet operations and maritime patrol aircraft.
- 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: RAF Bentwaters Target entity description: RAF Bentwaters was a former Royal Air Force and later United States Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known for its role in Cold War air operations and its association with the Rendlesham Forest UFO incident.
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A.
RAF Mildenhall
RAF Mildenhall is a major Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as a long-standing hub for United States Air Force operations in the UK.
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B.
RAF Lakenheath
RAF Lakenheath is a major United States Air Force-operated airbase in eastern England that serves as a key hub for American air power in Europe.
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C.
RAF Marham
RAF Marham is a major Royal Air Force station in eastern England, historically home to frontline bomber and strike aircraft and a key base for the UK's air operations.
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D.
RAF Honington
RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as the home of the RAF Regiment and a key centre for ground-based air defence and force protection training.
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E.
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Lossiemouth is a major Royal Air Force station in Moray, Scotland, serving as a key base for fast-jet operations and maritime patrol aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Air Force station
ⓘ
United States Air Force station ⓘ former military airbase ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Rendlesham Forest UFO incident
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rendlesham Forest incident ⓘ |
| basedAircraftType |
A-10 Thunderbolt II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
F-101 Voodoo NERFINISHED ⓘ F-4 Phantom II NERFINISHED ⓘ F-5 Freedom Fighter NERFINISHED ⓘ F-84 Thunderjet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedUnit |
81st Tactical Fighter Wing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RAF squadrons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closureReason | post–Cold War drawdown ⓘ |
| controlledBy | United States Air Forces in Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentUse |
business park
ⓘ
film and television location ⓘ general aviation airfield ⓘ |
| formsComplexWith | RAF Woodbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrison |
81st Fighter Wing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
81st Tactical Fighter Wing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bentwaters Parks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RAF Bentwaters Airfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
airfield
ⓘ
fighter base ⓘ |
| hasICAOCode | EGVJ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyStation | RAF Woodbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| hasRunwayType | concrete ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Anglia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
England ⓘ Suffolk ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Rendlesham Forest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Woodbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Cold War NATO air defence role
ⓘ
Rendlesham Forest UFO incident NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Royal Air Force
ⓘ
USAFE NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | NATO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Suffolk Coastal district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Cold War
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World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Cold War air operations
ⓘ
fighter operations ⓘ nuclear strike role ⓘ |
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: RAF Bentwaters Description of subject: RAF Bentwaters was a former Royal Air Force and later United States Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known for its role in Cold War air operations and its association with the Rendlesham Forest UFO incident.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.