RAF Odiham
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RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England, best known as the main operating base for the RAF’s Chinook helicopter fleet and a key hub for UK air mobility and support operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| RAF Odiham canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6087076 — 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 Odiham Context triple: [No. 38 Group RAF, headquartersLocation, RAF Odiham]
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A.
RAF Kemble
RAF Kemble was a former Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England, best known as an early home of the Red Arrows and later as a major aircraft maintenance and storage airfield.
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RAF Bicester
RAF Bicester is a former Royal Air Force station in Oxfordshire, England, notable as one of the best-preserved examples of an interwar bomber base and now partly used for heritage, commercial, and recreational purposes.
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C.
RAF Northwood
RAF Northwood is a major British military headquarters site in northwest London that has served as a key command center for the Royal Air Force and other UK and NATO operations.
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RAF Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton is the Royal Air Force’s largest station in the UK, serving as its main air transport and air-to-air refuelling hub.
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E.
RAF Fairford
RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England, best known today as a major deployment base for U.S. Air Force operations and as the long-time host of the Royal International Air Tattoo airshow.
- 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 Odiham Target entity description: RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England, best known as the main operating base for the RAF’s Chinook helicopter fleet and a key hub for UK air mobility and support operations.
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A.
RAF Kemble
RAF Kemble was a former Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England, best known as an early home of the Red Arrows and later as a major aircraft maintenance and storage airfield.
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B.
RAF Bicester
RAF Bicester is a former Royal Air Force station in Oxfordshire, England, notable as one of the best-preserved examples of an interwar bomber base and now partly used for heritage, commercial, and recreational purposes.
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C.
RAF Northwood
RAF Northwood is a major British military headquarters site in northwest London that has served as a key command center for the Royal Air Force and other UK and NATO operations.
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D.
RAF Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton is the Royal Air Force’s largest station in the UK, serving as its main air transport and air-to-air refuelling hub.
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E.
RAF Fairford
RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England, best known today as a major deployment base for U.S. Air Force operations and as the long-time host of the Royal International Air Tattoo airshow.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Royal Air Force station ⓘ |
| aircraftOperated | Boeing Chinook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| garrison | Joint Helicopter Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
rapid deployment of equipment
ⓘ
rapid deployment of personnel ⓘ support to domestic resilience tasks ⓘ support to overseas operations ⓘ |
| hasHelicopterType | heavy-lift helicopter ⓘ |
| historicalUse | fighter station during the Second World War ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | EGVO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isKeyHubFor |
UK air mobility
ⓘ
UK joint helicopter operations ⓘ |
| location |
England
ⓘ
Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| nearbyTown |
Hook
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Odiham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1940 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Defence estate of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole | main operating base for RAF Chinook helicopter fleet ⓘ |
| region | South East England ⓘ |
| role |
air mobility operations
ⓘ
support operations ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 3 ⓘ |
| runwayDesignation |
02/20
ⓘ
05/23 ⓘ 09/27 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| supportsOperationType |
humanitarian assistance
ⓘ
logistic resupply ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ special forces support ⓘ tactical troop transport ⓘ |
| timezone | GMT ⓘ |
| timezoneDST | BST ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chinook Force Headquarters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing elements NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 18 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 27 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 7 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: RAF Odiham Description of subject: RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England, best known as the main operating base for the RAF’s Chinook helicopter fleet and a key hub for UK air mobility and support operations.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.