Air Force Medal of Honor

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Medal of Honor variant military decoration

The Air Force Medal of Honor is the United States Air Force’s highest military decoration, awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.

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Label	Occurrences
Air Force Medal of Honor canonical	1
Medal of Honor (Air Force and Space Force design)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T780021 — 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.

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Target entity: Air Force Medal of Honor
Context triple: [Medal of Honor, hasVariant, Air Force Medal of Honor]

A. Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
The Air Force Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded to Air Force members for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility.
B. Distinguished Flying Cross
The Distinguished Flying Cross is a United States military decoration awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement during aerial flight.
C. Navy Cross
The Navy Cross is the United States Navy and Marine Corps' second-highest military decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat.
D. Air Force Gallant Unit Citation
The Air Force Gallant Unit Citation is a United States Air Force unit-level decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy.
E. Army Distinguished Service Medal
The Army Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility.
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: Air Force Medal of Honor
Target entity description: The Air Force Medal of Honor is the United States Air Force’s highest military decoration, awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.

A. Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
The Air Force Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded to Air Force members for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility.
B. Distinguished Flying Cross
The Distinguished Flying Cross is a United States military decoration awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement during aerial flight.
C. Navy Cross
The Navy Cross is the United States Navy and Marine Corps' second-highest military decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat.
D. Air Force Gallant Unit Citation
The Air Force Gallant Unit Citation is a United States Air Force unit-level decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy.
E. Army Distinguished Service Medal
The Army Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Medal of Honor variant ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
abbreviation	MOH ⓘ
authorizedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
awardedFor	acts of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty ⓘ combat action against an enemy of the United States ⓘ
awardingAuthority	Department of the Air Force ⓘ
awardingBody	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
branch	United States Air Force ⓘ United States Space Force ⓘ
conflict	Iraq War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ surface form: War in Afghanistan World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	enlisted personnel of the United States Air Force ⓘ enlisted personnel of the United States Space Force ⓘ members of the United States Air Force ⓘ members of the United States Space Force ⓘ officers of the United States Air Force ⓘ officers of the United States Space Force ⓘ
establishedBy	Public Law 88-77 ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ
establishedOn	1963-07-25 ⓘ
firstAwarded	1967 ⓘ
firstRecipient	Bernard F. Fisher ⓘ
firstRecipientConflict	Vietnam War ⓘ
grade	enlisted ⓘ officer ⓘ
higherAward	none ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
lowerAward	Air Force Cross ⓘ
medalShape	gold star surrounded by a green laurel wreath ⓘ
partOf	Medal of Honor ⓘ
presenter	President of the United States ⓘ
relatedAward	Air Force Cross ⓘ Medal of Honor ⓘ surface form: Army Medal of Honor Navy Medal of Honor ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ
reverseInscription	For Valor ⓘ
ribbonColor	light blue ⓘ
ribbonDesign	light blue field with 13 white stars ⓘ
serviceBranchSpecificVersionOf	Medal of Honor ⓘ
serviceRibbon	Medal of Honor ribbon ⓘ
status	currently awarded ⓘ
suspensionDevice	light blue ribbon with white stars ⓘ
type	individual decoration ⓘ
wearingPrecedence	highest U.S. military decoration ⓘ

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Medal of Honor → hasVariant → Air Force Medal of Honor ⓘ

Medal of Honor (posthumous) → hasForm → Air Force Medal of Honor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medal of Honor (Air Force and Space Force design)

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