McCoy Air Force Base (code MCO)

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former United States Air Force base

McCoy Air Force Base (code MCO) was a former U.S. Air Force installation in Orlando, Florida, whose legacy lives on in the IATA code and site of today’s Orlando International Airport.

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Label	Occurrences
McCoy Air Force Base (code MCO) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1310593 — 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: McCoy Air Force Base (code MCO)
Context triple: [Orlando International Airport, namedAfter, McCoy Air Force Base (code MCO)]

A. Scott Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in Illinois that serves as a key hub for military air mobility and global transportation operations.
B. 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.
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. Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field is a United States Air Force installation in Florida best known as the home of Air Force Special Operations Command and various special operations flying units.
E. Hickam Air Force Base
Hickam Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Hawaii that now forms the Air Force component of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, supporting Pacific air operations and strategic missions.
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: McCoy Air Force Base (code MCO)
Target entity description: McCoy Air Force Base (code MCO) was a former U.S. Air Force installation in Orlando, Florida, whose legacy lives on in the IATA code and site of today’s Orlando International Airport.

A. Scott Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in Illinois that serves as a key hub for military air mobility and global transportation operations.
B. 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.
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. Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field is a United States Air Force installation in Florida best known as the home of Air Force Special Operations Command and various special operations flying units.
E. Hickam Air Force Base
Hickam Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Hawaii that now forms the Air Force component of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, supporting Pacific air operations and strategic missions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former United States Air Force base ⓘ
associatedWith	Orlando International Airport ⓘ city of Orlando’s aviation history ⓘ
category	closed military installations of the United States ⓘ former United States Air Force bases in Florida ⓘ
cityServed	Orlando ⓘ
closureResultedIn	conversion to civilian airport ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
FAAIdentifier	MCO ⓘ
function	SAC bomber base ⓘ aerial refueling base ⓘ reconnaissance base ⓘ
garrison	306th Bombardment Wing ⓘ 321st Bombardment Wing ⓘ Air Force Reserve ⓘ surface form: U.S. Air Force Reserve units
hasRunways	long runways suitable for heavy bombers ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Orlando International Airport ⓘ
hasType	military airfield ⓘ
IATACode	MCO ⓘ
ICAOCode	KMCO ⓘ
legacyPreservedIn	IATA airport code MCO ⓘ name of Orlando International Airport’s ICAO code KMCO ⓘ
locatedIn	Florida ⓘ Orange County, Florida ⓘ Orlando ⓘ surface form: Orlando, Florida United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedNear	central business district of Orlando ⓘ
namedAfter	Colonel Michael Norman Wright McCoy ⓘ
notableAircraftStationed	Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ surface form: B-52 Stratofortress EC-121 Warning Star ⓘ Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker ⓘ surface form: KC-135 Stratotanker
operator	United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Strategic Air Command ⓘ United States military infrastructure in Florida ⓘ
region	Central Florida ⓘ
runwayInfrastructureInheritedBy	Orlando International Airport ⓘ
siteNowOccupiedBy	Orlando International Airport ⓘ
strategicRole	part of U.S. nuclear deterrent posture during the Cold War ⓘ staging point for deployments to Southeast Asia ⓘ
transitionedTo	joint civil–military use before full civilian conversion ⓘ
usedBy	Strategic Air Command ⓘ Tactical Air Command ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ Vietnam War era ⓘ
usedFor	air refueling operations ⓘ reconnaissance operations ⓘ strategic bomber operations ⓘ

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Orlando International Airport → namedAfter → McCoy Air Force Base (code MCO) ⓘ

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