909th Air Refueling Squadron
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The 909th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force unit that provides aerial refueling support to U.S. and allied aircraft in the Indo-Pacific region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 909th Air Refueling Squadron canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6854263 — 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: 909th Air Refueling Squadron Context triple: [Kadena Air Base, hostsUnit, 909th Air Refueling Squadron]
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A.
101st Air Refueling Squadron
The 101st Air Refueling Squadron is a U.S. Air National Guard unit that provides aerial refueling support to extend the range and endurance of military aircraft.
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B.
927th Air Refueling Wing
The 927th Air Refueling Wing is a U.S. Air Force Reserve unit that provides aerial refueling and associated support operations.
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C.
190th Air Refueling Wing
The 190th Air Refueling Wing is a Kansas Air National Guard unit that operates aerial refueling aircraft and is based at Topeka Regional Airport in Topeka, Kansas.
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D.
459th Air Refueling Wing
The 459th Air Refueling Wing is a U.S. Air Force Reserve unit that provides aerial refueling and air mobility support for military operations worldwide.
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E.
101st Air Refueling Wing
The 101st Air Refueling Wing is a Maine Air National Guard unit that operates aerial refueling and air mobility missions, primarily flying KC-135 Stratotankers.
- 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: 909th Air Refueling Squadron Target entity description: The 909th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force unit that provides aerial refueling support to U.S. and allied aircraft in the Indo-Pacific region.
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A.
101st Air Refueling Squadron
The 101st Air Refueling Squadron is a U.S. Air National Guard unit that provides aerial refueling support to extend the range and endurance of military aircraft.
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B.
927th Air Refueling Wing
The 927th Air Refueling Wing is a U.S. Air Force Reserve unit that provides aerial refueling and associated support operations.
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C.
190th Air Refueling Wing
The 190th Air Refueling Wing is a Kansas Air National Guard unit that operates aerial refueling aircraft and is based at Topeka Regional Airport in Topeka, Kansas.
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D.
459th Air Refueling Wing
The 459th Air Refueling Wing is a U.S. Air Force Reserve unit that provides aerial refueling and air mobility support for military operations worldwide.
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E.
101st Air Refueling Wing
The 101st Air Refueling Wing is a Maine Air National Guard unit that operates aerial refueling and air mobility missions, primarily flying KC-135 Stratotankers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Air Force squadron
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air refueling squadron ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Cold War
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Vietnam War era ⓘ post–Cold War period ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeOperated |
KC-135 Stratotanker
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
|
| allegiance |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| basedNear | Okinawa Island ⓘ |
| branch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| category | Air refueling squadrons of the United States Air Force ⓘ |
| commandStructure |
Pacific Air Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Pacific Air Forces
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| equipment | Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker ⓘ |
| function |
extend range and endurance of combat aircraft
ⓘ
support U.S. power projection in the Indo-Pacific ⓘ |
| garrison | Kadena Air Base ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United States Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility ⓘ |
| mission |
provide aerial refueling support to U.S. aircraft in the Indo-Pacific region
ⓘ
provide aerial refueling support to allied aircraft in the Indo-Pacific region ⓘ |
| nickname | Young Tigers ⓘ |
| operatesFrom | Kadena Air Base ⓘ |
| operationalCommand | 18th Operations Group ⓘ |
| operationalRole | tanker unit ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | 18th Wing ⓘ |
| primaryMissionArea | air refueling ⓘ |
| providesCapability |
air-to-air refueling
ⓘ
rapid global mobility ⓘ |
| regionOfResponsibility |
Indo-Pacific
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Pacific region
Western Pacific ⓘ
linked to:
western Pacific Ocean
|
| role |
aerial refueling
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air mobility support ⓘ |
| service | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| stationedIn |
Japan
ⓘ
Kadena Air Base ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ |
| supports |
United States Air Force units
ⓘ
airlift aircraft ⓘ allied air forces ⓘ bomber aircraft ⓘ fighter aircraft ⓘ intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| supportsOperations |
contingency operations in the Western Pacific
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deterrence missions in the Indo-Pacific ⓘ training exercises with allied air forces ⓘ |
| theater | Indo-Pacific region ⓘ |
| type | flying squadron ⓘ |
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: 909th Air Refueling Squadron Description of subject: The 909th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force unit that provides aerial refueling support to U.S. and allied aircraft in the Indo-Pacific region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.