A-7 Corsair II
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The A-7 Corsair II is a U.S. Navy subsonic carrier-capable attack aircraft developed in the 1960s, known for its heavy payload, advanced navigation/attack systems for its time, and extensive combat use during the Vietnam War and beyond.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A-7 Corsair II canonical | 1 |
| A-7 Corsair II aircraft | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4949828 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A-7 Corsair II Context triple: [M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon, usedOn, A-7 Corsair II]
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A.
A-4 Skyhawk
The A-4 Skyhawk is a compact, carrier-capable American attack jet widely used during the Cold War, particularly noted for its role in the Vietnam War and service with several allied air forces.
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B.
A-6 Intruder
The A-6 Intruder was a twin-engine, all-weather carrier-based attack aircraft used by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps from the 1960s through the 1990s, noted for its advanced navigation/attack systems and long-range strike capability.
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C.
F-5 Freedom Fighter
The F-5 Freedom Fighter is a lightweight supersonic fighter aircraft developed by Northrop in the United States and widely exported for use by numerous air forces around the world.
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D.
Northrop F-20 Tigershark
The Northrop F-20 Tigershark was a lightweight, single-engine supersonic fighter aircraft developed in the 1980s as an advanced, export-oriented evolution of the F-5, featuring modern avionics and improved performance but never entering mass production.
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E.
CF-18 Hornet
The CF-18 Hornet is a Canadian variant of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 fighter aircraft, used as a multirole combat jet for air defense and ground attack missions.
- 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: A-7 Corsair II Target entity description: The A-7 Corsair II is a U.S. Navy subsonic carrier-capable attack aircraft developed in the 1960s, known for its heavy payload, advanced navigation/attack systems for its time, and extensive combat use during the Vietnam War and beyond.
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A.
A-4 Skyhawk
The A-4 Skyhawk is a compact, carrier-capable American attack jet widely used during the Cold War, particularly noted for its role in the Vietnam War and service with several allied air forces.
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B.
A-6 Intruder
The A-6 Intruder was a twin-engine, all-weather carrier-based attack aircraft used by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps from the 1960s through the 1990s, noted for its advanced navigation/attack systems and long-range strike capability.
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C.
F-5 Freedom Fighter
The F-5 Freedom Fighter is a lightweight supersonic fighter aircraft developed by Northrop in the United States and widely exported for use by numerous air forces around the world.
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D.
Northrop F-20 Tigershark
The Northrop F-20 Tigershark was a lightweight, single-engine supersonic fighter aircraft developed in the 1980s as an advanced, export-oriented evolution of the F-5, featuring modern avionics and improved performance but never entering mass production.
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E.
CF-18 Hornet
The CF-18 Hornet is a Canadian variant of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 fighter aircraft, used as a multirole combat jet for air defense and ground attack missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carrier-capable attack aircraft
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subsonic jet aircraft ⓘ |
| armamentFixed | M61 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatRadius | approximately 700 nautical miles ⓘ |
| configuration |
high-mounted swept wing
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single-engine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designOrigin | Vought F-8 Crusader NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFor |
Hellenic Air Force
NERFINISHED
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Portuguese Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Thai Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air National Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ferryRange | approximately 2,280 nautical miles ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1965-09-27 ⓘ |
| hardpoints |
2 fuselage stations
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6 underwing hardpoints ⓘ |
| introduced | 1967 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
LTV Aerospace
NERFINISHED
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Ling-Temco-Vought NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maxPayload | approximately 15,000 lb of ordnance ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | approximately 690 mph ⓘ |
| maxSpeedMach | about Mach 0.9 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | F4U Corsair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
advanced navigation and attack systems for its time
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head-up display ⓘ inertial navigation system ⓘ projected map display system ⓘ |
| operatorType |
land-based tactical air forces
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naval aviation ⓘ |
| powerplant |
Allison TF41 turbofan
NERFINISHED
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Pratt & Whitney TF30 turbofan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retiredFromUSAF | 1993 ⓘ |
| retiredFromUSN | 1991 ⓘ |
| role |
attack aircraft
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close air support aircraft ⓘ strike aircraft ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | about 42,000 ft ⓘ |
| status | retired from U.S. military service ⓘ |
| successor | F/A-18 Hornet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Cold War operations
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Invasion of Grenada NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Desert Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation El Dorado Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| variant |
A-7A
NERFINISHED
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A-7B NERFINISHED ⓘ A-7C NERFINISHED ⓘ A-7D NERFINISHED ⓘ A-7E NERFINISHED ⓘ A-7H NERFINISHED ⓘ A-7K NERFINISHED ⓘ TA-7C NERFINISHED ⓘ TA-7H NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: A-7 Corsair II Description of subject: The A-7 Corsair II is a U.S. Navy subsonic carrier-capable attack aircraft developed in the 1960s, known for its heavy payload, advanced navigation/attack systems for its time, and extensive combat use during the Vietnam War and beyond.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
A-7 Corsair II aircraft