Fairchild C-123 Provider
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The Fairchild C-123 Provider is a U.S. military transport aircraft widely known for its extensive use in cargo, troop transport, and aerial spray missions during the Vietnam War.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fairchild C-123 Provider canonical | 6 |
| C-123B | 1 |
| C-123K | 1 |
| Fairchild C-123 Provider (later period) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5979488 — 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: Fairchild C-123 Provider Context triple: [Operation Ranch Hand, aircraftUsed, Fairchild C-123 Provider]
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A.
Fairchild C-82 Packet
The Fairchild C-82 Packet was an American twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft developed during World War II for cargo and paratroop operations.
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B.
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog
The Cessna L-19 Bird Dog is a single-engine, high-wing liaison and observation aircraft widely used by the U.S. military and allies during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
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C.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
The Cessna O-2 Skymaster is a military twin-boom, push-pull configuration aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for forward air control and reconnaissance during the Vietnam War.
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D.
PC-6 Porter
The PC-6 Porter is a Swiss-designed single-engine short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility aircraft widely used for rugged operations such as transport, parachute dropping, and liaison duties.
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E.
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk
The Grumman OV-1 Mohawk is a twin-turboprop, battlefield reconnaissance and attack aircraft developed for the U.S. Army during the Cold War, known for its side-looking radar and rugged short takeoff and landing capabilities.
- 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: Fairchild C-123 Provider Target entity description: The Fairchild C-123 Provider is a U.S. military transport aircraft widely known for its extensive use in cargo, troop transport, and aerial spray missions during the Vietnam War.
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A.
Fairchild C-82 Packet
The Fairchild C-82 Packet was an American twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft developed during World War II for cargo and paratroop operations.
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B.
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog
The Cessna L-19 Bird Dog is a single-engine, high-wing liaison and observation aircraft widely used by the U.S. military and allies during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
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C.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
The Cessna O-2 Skymaster is a military twin-boom, push-pull configuration aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for forward air control and reconnaissance during the Vietnam War.
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D.
PC-6 Porter
The PC-6 Porter is a Swiss-designed single-engine short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility aircraft widely used for rugged operations such as transport, parachute dropping, and liaison duties.
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E.
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk
The Grumman OV-1 Mohawk is a twin-turboprop, battlefield reconnaissance and attack aircraft developed for the U.S. Army during the Cold War, known for its side-looking radar and rugged short takeoff and landing capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military transport aircraft
ⓘ
tactical airlifter ⓘ |
| cargoCapacity |
about 24 stretchers
ⓘ
about 6 tons of cargo ⓘ about 60 troops ⓘ |
| conflict |
Cambodian Civil War
ⓘ
Laotian Civil War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crew |
1 flight engineer
ⓘ
1 loadmaster ⓘ 2 pilots ⓘ |
| designedBy | Chase Aircraft ⓘ |
| designOrigin | Chase XG-20 glider ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1949 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | rear-loading cargo ramp ⓘ |
| introduced | 1955 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | approximately 76 ft ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Fairchild Aircraft ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 230 knots ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | approximately 60,000 lb ⓘ |
| notableUse | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| powerplant | 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engines ⓘ |
| powerplantVariant | 2 × General Electric J85 turbojets on some variants ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
United States Coast Guard ⓘ |
| productionTransfer | Chase Aircraft to Fairchild Aircraft ⓘ |
| range | about 1,300 nautical miles ⓘ |
| retired | 1990s ⓘ |
| role |
aerial spraying
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | about 25,000 ft ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| takeoffAndLandingCapability | short takeoff and landing ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Air America
ⓘ
Royal Thai Air Force ⓘ South Vietnamese Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
Republic of Vietnam Air Force
|
| usedFor |
Agent Orange dispersal
ⓘ
Operation Ranch Hand ⓘ defoliant spraying ⓘ |
| variant |
AC-123
ⓘ
C-123B ⓘ
linked to:
Fairchild C-123 Provider
C-123K ⓘ
linked to:
Fairchild C-123 Provider
UC-123B ⓘ UC-123K ⓘ
linked to:
UC-123B
|
| wingConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
| wingspan | approximately 110 ft ⓘ |
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: Fairchild C-123 Provider Description of subject: The Fairchild C-123 Provider is a U.S. military transport aircraft widely known for its extensive use in cargo, troop transport, and aerial spray missions during the Vietnam War.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sewart Air Force Base (former)
linked to: Fairchild C-123 Provider
linked to: Fairchild C-123 Provider
linked to: Fairchild C-123 Provider