Dover Air Force Base
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Dover Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Delaware known as a key hub for strategic airlift operations and the primary port mortuary for returning fallen service members.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dover Air Force Base canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7974338 — 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: Dover Air Force Base Context triple: [Kent County, Delaware, containsMilitaryInstallation, Dover Air Force Base]
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A.
Randolph Air Force Base
Randolph Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation near San Antonio known primarily as a key pilot training and education center.
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B.
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Ellsworth Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in western South Dakota known primarily for hosting B-1B Lancer bombers and supporting strategic bomber operations.
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C.
Pease Air National Guard Base
Pease Air National Guard Base is a military installation in New Hampshire that serves as a key facility for the Air National Guard and air refueling operations.
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D.
Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in Georgia known for its large logistics, maintenance, and support operations.
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E.
Civil Air Terminal at Dover Air Force Base
The Civil Air Terminal at Dover Air Force Base is a public-use passenger and cargo facility co-located with the military base in Dover, Delaware, providing civilian air services under the oversight of the Delaware River and Bay Authority.
- 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: Dover Air Force Base Target entity description: Dover Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Delaware known as a key hub for strategic airlift operations and the primary port mortuary for returning fallen service members.
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A.
Randolph Air Force Base
Randolph Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation near San Antonio known primarily as a key pilot training and education center.
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B.
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Ellsworth Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in western South Dakota known primarily for hosting B-1B Lancer bombers and supporting strategic bomber operations.
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C.
Pease Air National Guard Base
Pease Air National Guard Base is a military installation in New Hampshire that serves as a key facility for the Air National Guard and air refueling operations.
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D.
Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in Georgia known for its large logistics, maintenance, and support operations.
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E.
Civil Air Terminal at Dover Air Force Base
The Civil Air Terminal at Dover Air Force Base is a public-use passenger and cargo facility co-located with the military base in Dover, Delaware, providing civilian air services under the oversight of the Delaware River and Bay Authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States Air Force base ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Air Mobility Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
30 feet
ⓘ
9 meters ⓘ |
| FAAcode | DOV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrison |
436th Airlift Wing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
512th Airlift Wing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorUnit |
436th Airlift Wing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
512th Airlift Wing NERFINISHED ⓘ Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Armed Forces Medical Examiner System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Dover AFB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryMission |
aeromedical evacuation support
ⓘ
global strategic airlift ⓘ mortuary affairs for U.S. military casualties ⓘ |
| hasRole |
primary port mortuary for fallen U.S. service members
ⓘ
strategic airlift hub ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 01/19 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRunwayLength |
11,500 feet
ⓘ
3505 meters ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface |
asphalt
ⓘ
concrete ⓘ |
| homeTo |
436th Airlift Wing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
512th Airlift Wing NERFINISHED ⓘ Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Armed Forces Medical Examiner System NERFINISHED ⓘ Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Port Mortuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IATAcode | DOV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | KDOV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isKeyNodeIn | U.S. strategic airlift network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPrimaryPortMortuaryFor |
fallen U.S. government civilians in overseas operations
ⓘ
fallen U.S. military personnel ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Delaware
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kent County, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Dover, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| ownedBy | United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Air Mobility Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsAircraftType |
C-17 Globemaster III
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
C-5 Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ C-5M Super Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timezone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aeromedical evacuation operations
ⓘ
cargo airlift operations ⓘ mortuary processing of fallen service members ⓘ personnel airlift operations ⓘ |
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: Dover Air Force Base Description of subject: Dover Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Delaware known as a key hub for strategic airlift operations and the primary port mortuary for returning fallen service members.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kent County, Delaware