27 SOW
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27 SOW is a U.S. Air Force special operations wing responsible for conducting specialized and often covert air missions in support of global special operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 27 SOW canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10915758 — 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: 27 SOW Context triple: [27th Special Operations Wing, abbreviation, 27 SOW]
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24 SOW
24 SOW is the primary U.S. Air Force special operations wing responsible for providing specialized airpower and support to special operations forces worldwide.
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B.
1 SOW
1 SOW is a U.S. Air Force special operations wing based at Hurlburt Field, Florida, specializing in unconventional warfare, precision strike, and special operations support.
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C.
SOW
SOW is the National Rail station code assigned to Sowerby Bridge railway station in West Yorkshire, England.
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D.
S-220
S-220 is the hull number of NOAA Ship Fairweather, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel primarily used for hydrographic surveying and seafloor mapping.
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E.
23 SAS
23 SAS is a British Army Reserve regiment of the Special Air Service, specializing in long-range reconnaissance and special operations in support of UK special forces.
- 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: 27 SOW Target entity description: 27 SOW is a U.S. Air Force special operations wing responsible for conducting specialized and often covert air missions in support of global special operations.
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A.
24 SOW
24 SOW is the primary U.S. Air Force special operations wing responsible for providing specialized airpower and support to special operations forces worldwide.
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B.
1 SOW
1 SOW is a U.S. Air Force special operations wing based at Hurlburt Field, Florida, specializing in unconventional warfare, precision strike, and special operations support.
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C.
SOW
SOW is the National Rail station code assigned to Sowerby Bridge railway station in West Yorkshire, England.
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D.
S-220
S-220 is the hull number of NOAA Ship Fairweather, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel primarily used for hydrographic surveying and seafloor mapping.
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E.
23 SAS
23 SAS is a British Army Reserve regiment of the Special Air Service, specializing in long-range reconnaissance and special operations in support of UK special forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Air Force wing
ⓘ
special operations wing ⓘ |
| abbreviation | 27 SOW ⓘ |
| aircraftOperated |
AC-130J Ghostrider
ⓘ
linked to:
AC-130 gunship
AC-130W Stinger II ⓘ
linked to:
AC-130 gunship
C-146A Wolfhound ⓘ CV-22B Osprey ⓘ
linked to:
CV-22 Osprey
MC-130J Commando II ⓘ MQ-9 Reaper ⓘ
linked to:
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
U-28A Draco ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| branch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| commandStructure | Air Force Special Operations Command ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateEstablished | October 1, 2007 ⓘ |
| emblem | emblem of the 27th Special Operations Wing ⓘ |
| engagement |
Global War on Terrorism
ⓘ
Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ |
| garrison | Cannon Air Force Base ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
27th Special Operations Group
ⓘ
27th Special Operations Maintenance Group ⓘ 27th Special Operations Medical Group ⓘ 27th Special Operations Mission Support Group ⓘ |
| higherHeadquarters | Air Force Special Operations Command ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Clovis, New Mexico
ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ |
| mission | conduct specialized and often covert air missions in support of global special operations ⓘ |
| motto | Mors hostibus ⓘ |
| mottoTranslation | Death to the enemy ⓘ |
| nickname | 27 SOW ⓘ |
| operationalFocus |
low-level penetration
ⓘ
night and adverse-weather operations ⓘ |
| partOf | Air Force Special Operations Command ⓘ |
| precededBy | 27th Fighter Wing ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | provide combat-ready special operations forces for rapid deployment worldwide ⓘ |
| responsibility | provide specialized airpower for special operations forces worldwide ⓘ |
| role |
air mobility for special operations forces
ⓘ
close air support ⓘ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ precision strike ⓘ special operations ⓘ unconventional warfare support ⓘ |
| supports |
United States Special Operations Command
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Special Operations Command
joint special operations forces ⓘ |
| theater | global ⓘ |
| type | composite wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: 27 SOW Description of subject: 27 SOW is a U.S. Air Force special operations wing responsible for conducting specialized and often covert air missions in support of global special operations.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
27 SOW