C-135 Stratolifter
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The C-135 Stratolifter is a U.S. military transport aircraft derived from the Boeing 707 airframe and used primarily for cargo and personnel transport.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| C-135 Stratolifter canonical | 2 |
| Boeing C-135 Stratolifter | 1 |
| Boeing C-135 family | 1 |
| Boeing C-135FR | 1 |
| C-135A Stratolifter | 1 |
| Tristar tanker aircraft | 1 |
| USAF C-135 family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10176547 — 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: C-135 Stratolifter Context triple: [Pratt & Whitney JT3D, usedOnAircraft, C-135 Stratolifter]
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A.
C-141 Starlifter
The C-141 Starlifter is a retired U.S. Air Force strategic airlifter designed to rapidly transport troops, cargo, and equipment over long distances.
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B.
Douglas C-133 Cargomaster
The Douglas C-133 Cargomaster was a large, turboprop-powered U.S. military transport aircraft used primarily by the Air Force for heavy and outsized cargo airlift during the Cold War era.
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C.
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II was a large, four-engine military transport aircraft used primarily by the United States Air Force for heavy airlift operations in the 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
Douglas C-118 Liftmaster
The Douglas C-118 Liftmaster is a military transport aircraft developed from the DC-6 airliner and used primarily by the United States Air Force and Navy for long-range cargo and personnel transport.
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E.
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four‑engine turboprop military transport aircraft renowned worldwide for its versatility in tactical airlift, humanitarian missions, and special operations since the 1950s.
- 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: C-135 Stratolifter Target entity description: The C-135 Stratolifter is a U.S. military transport aircraft derived from the Boeing 707 airframe and used primarily for cargo and personnel transport.
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A.
C-141 Starlifter
The C-141 Starlifter is a retired U.S. Air Force strategic airlifter designed to rapidly transport troops, cargo, and equipment over long distances.
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B.
Douglas C-133 Cargomaster
The Douglas C-133 Cargomaster was a large, turboprop-powered U.S. military transport aircraft used primarily by the Air Force for heavy and outsized cargo airlift during the Cold War era.
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C.
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II was a large, four-engine military transport aircraft used primarily by the United States Air Force for heavy airlift operations in the 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
Douglas C-118 Liftmaster
The Douglas C-118 Liftmaster is a military transport aircraft developed from the DC-6 airliner and used primarily by the United States Air Force and Navy for long-range cargo and personnel transport.
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E.
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four‑engine turboprop military transport aircraft renowned worldwide for its versatility in tactical airlift, humanitarian missions, and special operations since the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Boeing aircraft
ⓘ
jet-powered aircraft ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | narrow-body jet ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | aluminum alloy ⓘ |
| configuration | single-aisle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crew | flight crew of 3 or more ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing
|
| designedFor |
high-altitude cruise
ⓘ
long-range transport ⓘ strategic airlift ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Boeing 367-80
ⓘ
Boeing 707 ⓘ |
| engineType |
turbofan
ⓘ
turbojet ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| family |
Boeing C-135 family
ⓘ
linked to:
C-135 Stratolifter
|
| firstFlight | 1959 ⓘ |
| fuselageDiameter | similar to Boeing 707 ⓘ |
| introduced | early 1960s ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Boeing ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| pressurization | pressurized cabin ⓘ |
| pressurizedCargoHold | true ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| propulsionLayout | podded engines under wings ⓘ |
| rangeClass | long-range ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
EC-135
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing EC-135
KC-135 Stratotanker ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
RC-135 ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint
|
| role |
aeromedical evacuation
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ personnel transport ⓘ |
| status |
in limited service
ⓘ
partially retired ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedBy |
French Air Force
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ other allied air forces ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cargo transport
ⓘ
medical evacuation ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Cold War operations
ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing ⓘ |
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: C-135 Stratolifter Description of subject: The C-135 Stratolifter is a U.S. military transport aircraft derived from the Boeing 707 airframe and used primarily for cargo and personnel transport.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: C-135 Stratolifter
linked to: C-135 Stratolifter
linked to: C-135 Stratolifter
linked to: C-135 Stratolifter
linked to: C-135 Stratolifter