Pope Air Force Base

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United States Air Force base military installation

Pope Air Force Base was a major United States Air Force installation in North Carolina known for its close association with Fort Bragg and its role in airborne and special operations airlift missions.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Pope Air Force Base canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12816468 — 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: Pope Air Force Base
Context triple: [Pope Army Airfield, formerlyKnownAs, Pope Air Force Base]

A. Luke Air Force Base
Luke Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force training installation primarily focused on preparing fighter pilots, particularly for the F-35 and F-16 aircraft.
B. Eaker Air Force Base
Eaker Air Force Base was a former United States Air Force installation in northeastern Arkansas that played a significant role in Strategic Air Command operations during the Cold War.
C. Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Montgomery, Alabama, best known as the headquarters of Air University and a central hub for Air Force education and training.
D. Howard Air Force Base
Howard Air Force Base was a major United States Air Force installation in Panama that played a key role in military air operations and testing throughout the Cold War and beyond.
E. Otis Air Force Base
Otis Air Force Base is a former U.S. military installation on Cape Cod in Massachusetts that served as a key Air Force and Air National Guard facility during much of the 20th century.
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: Pope Air Force Base
Target entity description: Pope Air Force Base was a major United States Air Force installation in North Carolina known for its close association with Fort Bragg and its role in airborne and special operations airlift missions.

A. Luke Air Force Base
Luke Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force training installation primarily focused on preparing fighter pilots, particularly for the F-35 and F-16 aircraft.
B. Eaker Air Force Base
Eaker Air Force Base was a former United States Air Force installation in northeastern Arkansas that played a significant role in Strategic Air Command operations during the Cold War.
C. Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Montgomery, Alabama, best known as the headquarters of Air University and a central hub for Air Force education and training.
D. Howard Air Force Base
Howard Air Force Base was a major United States Air Force installation in Panama that played a key role in military air operations and testing throughout the Cold War and beyond.
E. Otis Air Force Base
Otis Air Force Base is a former U.S. military installation on Cape Cod in Massachusetts that served as a key Air Force and Air National Guard facility during much of the 20th century.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Air Force base ⓘ military installation ⓘ
adjacentTo	Fort Bragg NERFINISHED ⓘ
aircraftOperated	A-10 Thunderbolt II NERFINISHED ⓘ C-119 Flying Boxcar NERFINISHED ⓘ C-123 Provider NERFINISHED ⓘ C-130 Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	82nd Airborne Division NERFINISHED ⓘ XVIII Airborne Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictSupported	Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Desert Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Enduring Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledBy	Air Combat Command NERFINISHED ⓘ Air Mobility Command NERFINISHED ⓘ Tactical Air Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateRedesignated	2011 ⓘ
elevation	approximately 217 feet ⓘ
FAAcode	POB NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison	23rd Fighter Group NERFINISHED ⓘ 43rd Air Base Wing NERFINISHED ⓘ 43rd Airlift Wing NERFINISHED ⓘ Pope Field tenant units ⓘ
hostedUnit	23rd Fighter Group NERFINISHED ⓘ 43rd Airlift Wing NERFINISHED ⓘ Air Force Reserve Command units NERFINISHED ⓘ Air National Guard units NERFINISHED ⓘ
IATAcode	POB NERFINISHED ⓘ
ICAOcode	KPOB NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Cumberland County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
namedAfter	Harley Halbert Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Fort Bragg NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousName	Pope Field NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	major airlift installation ⓘ support base for Army airborne forces ⓘ
runwayLength	approximately 8,500 feet ⓘ
status	redesignated as Pope Field ⓘ
usedFor	air mobility operations ⓘ airborne operations support ⓘ close air support ⓘ special operations airlift ⓘ tactical airlift ⓘ training ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

POB → formerlyKnownAs → Pope Air Force Base ⓘ

subject surface form: Pope Army Airfield

KPOB → formerlyKnownAs → Pope Air Force Base ⓘ