King Khalid Air Base
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King Khalid Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for military aviation operations and regional defense.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King Khalid Air Base canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3747118 — 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: King Khalid Air Base Context triple: [Royal Saudi Air Force, hasBase, King Khalid Air Base]
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A.
King Abdulaziz Air Base
King Abdulaziz Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for the country’s air defense and military aviation operations.
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B.
Al Udeid Air Base
Al Udeid Air Base is a major U.S. and coalition military installation in Qatar that serves as a central hub for air operations across the Middle East.
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C.
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base is a major military airfield in Kuwait that serves as a key operational hub for the Kuwait Air Force and often supports coalition and logistical activities.
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D.
Al Dhafra Air Base
Al Dhafra Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a key hub for both Emirati and allied air operations in the Gulf region.
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E.
Al Minhad Air Base
Al Minhad Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a strategic hub for both UAE and allied air operations in the region.
- 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: King Khalid Air Base Target entity description: King Khalid Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for military aviation operations and regional defense.
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A.
King Abdulaziz Air Base
King Abdulaziz Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for the country’s air defense and military aviation operations.
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B.
Al Udeid Air Base
Al Udeid Air Base is a major U.S. and coalition military installation in Qatar that serves as a central hub for air operations across the Middle East.
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C.
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base is a major military airfield in Kuwait that serves as a key operational hub for the Kuwait Air Force and often supports coalition and logistical activities.
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D.
Al Dhafra Air Base
Al Dhafra Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a key hub for both Emirati and allied air operations in the Gulf region.
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E.
Al Minhad Air Base
Al Minhad Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a strategic hub for both UAE and allied air operations in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Saudi Air Force base
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | 2056 m ⓘ |
| garrison | RSAF 5th Wing ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
air traffic control center
ⓘ
ammunition depot ⓘ fuel storage ⓘ operations center ⓘ personnel housing ⓘ |
| hasIATACode | AHB ⓘ |
| hasICAOCode | OEKK ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
control tower
ⓘ
hardened aircraft shelters ⓘ maintenance facilities ⓘ munitions storage areas ⓘ radar installations ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
ILS
ⓘ
TACAN ⓘ VOR/DME ⓘ |
| hasParkingApron |
fighter aircraft apron
ⓘ
transport aircraft apron ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
Runway 13L/31R
ⓘ
Runway 13R/31L ⓘ |
| hasSecurity |
guard posts
ⓘ
perimeter fencing ⓘ |
| hostsUnit |
Royal Saudi Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 squadrons
air defense units ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Asir region
ⓘ
surface form:
Asir Province
|
| locatedNear | Khamis Mushait ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Saudi Air Force ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
King Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
ⓘ
surface form:
King Khalid of Saudi Arabia
|
| operator | Royal Saudi Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | Saudi Armed Forces ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 2 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
important for defense of southern Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
key hub for Royal Saudi Air Force operations ⓘ supports coalition operations in the region ⓘ |
| timeZone | Arabia Standard Time ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Operation Desert Storm ⓘ operations related to the Yemen conflict ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air defense missions
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fighter aircraft operations ⓘ military aviation operations ⓘ regional defense ⓘ training missions ⓘ |
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: King Khalid Air Base Description of subject: King Khalid Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for military aviation operations and regional defense.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Royal Saudi Air Force