RAF Honington
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RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as the home of the RAF Regiment and a key centre for ground-based air defence and force protection training.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAF Honington canonical | 17 |
| RAF Honington, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T647761 — 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 Honington Context triple: [RAF Regiment, garrison, RAF Honington]
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A.
RAF HW
RAF HW is the abbreviation for RAF High Wycombe, a major Royal Air Force station in Buckinghamshire, England that serves as a key command and administrative headquarters.
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B.
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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C.
RAF Ensign
The RAF Ensign is the official flag of the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force, featuring a sky-blue field with the Union Flag in the canton and the RAF roundel.
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D.
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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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 Honington Target entity description: RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as the home of the RAF Regiment and a key centre for ground-based air defence and force protection training.
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A.
RAF HW
RAF HW is the abbreviation for RAF High Wycombe, a major Royal Air Force station in Buckinghamshire, England that serves as a key command and administrative headquarters.
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B.
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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C.
RAF Ensign
The RAF Ensign is the official flag of the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force, featuring a sky-blue field with the Union Flag in the canton and the RAF roundel.
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D.
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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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 (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Royal Air Force station ⓘ |
| basedAircraftType |
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer
ⓘ
surface form:
Blackburn Buccaneer
Handley Page Victor ⓘ Panavia Tornado ⓘ |
| category |
Military installations established in 1937
ⓘ
Royal Air Force stations in Suffolk ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | approximately 6 miles north of Bury St Edmunds ⓘ |
| elevation | 177 feet ⓘ |
| garrison | RAF Regiment ⓘ |
| hasAccommodation |
service family housing
ⓘ
single living accommodation ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
domestic site
ⓘ
technical site ⓘ training ranges ⓘ |
| hasFireStation | military fire and rescue service ⓘ |
| hasMotto |
RAF Regiment
ⓘ
surface form:
We Protect the Force (RAF Regiment association)
|
| hasPerimeter | fenced military area ⓘ |
| hostsUnit |
RAF Force Protection Centre
ⓘ
RAF Police training elements ⓘ RAF Regiment ⓘ
surface form:
RAF Regiment Training Wing
|
| IATAcode | BEQ ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | EGXH ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Suffolk ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Bury St Edmunds ⓘ |
| nearVillage |
Honington
ⓘ
surface form:
Honington, Suffolk
|
| opened | 1937 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Ministry of Defence ⓘ |
| partOf |
Royal Air Force Air Command
ⓘ
surface form:
RAF Air Command
|
| postwarRole | V-bomber base ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | home of the RAF Regiment ⓘ |
| region | East of England ⓘ |
| role |
RAF Regiment
ⓘ
surface form:
RAF Regiment depot
force protection training ⓘ ground-based air defence training ⓘ |
| runwayDesignation | 09/27 ⓘ |
| runwayLength | 2743 metres ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| securityLevel | controlled access military base ⓘ |
| stationCode | HN ⓘ |
| transitionedTo |
RAF Regiment
ⓘ
surface form:
RAF Regiment depot
|
| usedBy |
Royal Air Force Bomber Command
ⓘ
surface form:
RAF Bomber Command
Eighth Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
USAAF Eighth Air Force
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
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| usedFor |
CBRN defence training
ⓘ
pre-deployment training ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: RAF Honington Description of subject: RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as the home of the RAF Regiment and a key centre for ground-based air defence and force protection training.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
RAF Honington, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom