IRGC Aerospace Force
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The IRGC Aerospace Force is the air and missile warfare branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, responsible for the country’s strategic missile program, air defense, and space-related activities.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IRGC Aerospace Force canonical | 3 |
| Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | 2 |
| IRGC AF | 1 |
| IRGC Air Force | 1 |
| نیروی هوافضای سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10039130 — 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: IRGC Aerospace Force Context triple: [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, hasBranch, IRGC Aerospace Force]
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A.
Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran
The Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran is the government body responsible for overseeing Iran’s military affairs, including defense policy, procurement, and logistical support for the armed forces.
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B.
IRGC Ground Forces
The IRGC Ground Forces are the land warfare branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, responsible for internal security, conventional ground operations, and asymmetric warfare.
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C.
Iranian Air Force
The Iranian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Iran’s military, responsible for defending the country’s airspace and conducting air operations using a mix of Western and Russian-made aircraft.
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D.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the highest military command authority responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and directing all branches of Iran’s armed forces.
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E.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a powerful branch of Iran’s armed forces, created after the 1979 revolution, that wields significant military, political, and economic influence both inside Iran and across the region.
- 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: IRGC Aerospace Force Target entity description: The IRGC Aerospace Force is the air and missile warfare branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, responsible for the country’s strategic missile program, air defense, and space-related activities.
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A.
Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran
The Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran is the government body responsible for overseeing Iran’s military affairs, including defense policy, procurement, and logistical support for the armed forces.
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B.
IRGC Ground Forces
The IRGC Ground Forces are the land warfare branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, responsible for internal security, conventional ground operations, and asymmetric warfare.
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C.
Iranian Air Force
The Iranian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Iran’s military, responsible for defending the country’s airspace and conducting air operations using a mix of Western and Russian-made aircraft.
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D.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the highest military command authority responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and directing all branches of Iran’s armed forces.
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E.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a powerful branch of Iran’s armed forces, created after the 1979 revolution, that wields significant military, political, and economic influence both inside Iran and across the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air and missile warfare branch
ⓘ
military branch ⓘ |
| allegiance | Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ |
| commanderTitle | Commander of IRGC Aerospace Force ⓘ |
| controls |
Iranian ballistic missile arsenal
ⓘ
Iranian cruise missiles ⓘ Iranian military satellites launch capability ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
Iran–Iraq tensions
ⓘ
Iran–Israel conflict ⓘ
linked to:
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
Iran–United States tensions ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ⓘ |
| hasCommander | Amir Ali Hajizadeh ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Iran ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Tehran ⓘ |
| ideology |
Islamic Revolution of Iran
ⓘ
linked to:
Iranian Revolution
|
| launched |
Noor-1 military satellite
ⓘ
Noor-2 military satellite ⓘ |
| nativeName |
نیروی هوافضای سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
ⓘ
linked to:
IRGC Aerospace Force
|
| notableEvent |
January 2020 missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq
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shootdown of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in January 2020 ⓘ |
| operates |
Bavar-373 air defense system
ⓘ
Fateh-110 ballistic missile ⓘ
linked to:
Fateh-110
Khordad-15 air defense system ⓘ Khordad-3 air defense system ⓘ Khorramshahr ballistic missile ⓘ Mohajer-series UAVs ⓘ Noor satellite launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to:
Qased space launch vehicle
Qased satellite launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to:
Qased space launch vehicle
Raad air defense system ⓘ Sayyad surface-to-air missiles ⓘ Sejjil ballistic missile ⓘ Shahab-3 ballistic missile ⓘ
linked to:
Shahab-3
Shahed-series UAVs ⓘ Zolfaghar ballistic missile ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Iran
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ⓘ |
| partOf | Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ |
| precededBy |
IRGC Air Force
ⓘ
linked to:
IRGC Aerospace Force
|
| responsibleFor |
Iranian ballistic missile operations
ⓘ
air defense operations ⓘ development of Iranian ballistic missiles ⓘ operation of UAVs ⓘ operation of air defense systems ⓘ operation of missile bases ⓘ satellite launch operations ⓘ space-related activities ⓘ strategic missile program of Iran ⓘ |
| shortName |
IRGC AF
ⓘ
linked to:
IRGC Aerospace Force
IRGC Aerospace Force ⓘ |
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: IRGC Aerospace Force Description of subject: The IRGC Aerospace Force is the air and missile warfare branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, responsible for the country’s strategic missile program, air defense, and space-related activities.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: IRGC Aerospace Force