EA-18G Growler
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The EA-18G Growler is a U.S. Navy carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft designed to provide radar jamming, electronic attack, and suppression of enemy air defenses.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EA-18G Growler canonical | 6 |
| Boeing EA-18G Growler | 4 |
| EA-18G | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1283154 — 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: EA-18G Growler Context triple: [Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, variant, EA-18G Growler]
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A.
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail
The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail is an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft equipped with advanced radar and battle management systems to provide surveillance, command, and control capabilities.
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B.
E-3F Sentry AWACS
The E-3F Sentry AWACS is an airborne early warning and control aircraft equipped with a distinctive rotating radar dome, used for long-range airspace surveillance, command, and battle management.
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C.
E-8 Joint STARS
The E-8 Joint STARS is an airborne battle management and ground surveillance aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force to track and coordinate military operations over large areas.
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D.
F-35C Lightning II
The F-35C Lightning II is the U.S. Navy’s carrier-capable variant of the stealth multirole Joint Strike Fighter, designed for catapult launches, arrested recoveries, and long-range strike and air superiority missions at sea.
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E.
CF-18 Hornet
The CF-18 Hornet is a Canadian variant of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 fighter aircraft, used as a multirole combat jet for air defense and ground attack 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: EA-18G Growler Target entity description: The EA-18G Growler is a U.S. Navy carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft designed to provide radar jamming, electronic attack, and suppression of enemy air defenses.
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A.
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail
The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail is an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft equipped with advanced radar and battle management systems to provide surveillance, command, and control capabilities.
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B.
E-3F Sentry AWACS
The E-3F Sentry AWACS is an airborne early warning and control aircraft equipped with a distinctive rotating radar dome, used for long-range airspace surveillance, command, and battle management.
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C.
E-8 Joint STARS
The E-8 Joint STARS is an airborne battle management and ground surveillance aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force to track and coordinate military operations over large areas.
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D.
F-35C Lightning II
The F-35C Lightning II is the U.S. Navy’s carrier-capable variant of the stealth multirole Joint Strike Fighter, designed for catapult launches, arrested recoveries, and long-range strike and air superiority missions at sea.
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E.
CF-18 Hornet
The CF-18 Hornet is a Canadian variant of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 fighter aircraft, used as a multirole combat jet for air defense and ground attack missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carrier-based aircraft
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electronic warfare aircraft ⓘ twin-engine jet aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | tactical electronic warfare aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
AGM-45 Shrike
ⓘ
surface form:
AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missiles
AGM-88E AARGM anti-radiation missiles ⓘ AMRAAM air-to-air missile ⓘ
surface form:
AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles
AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles ⓘ
surface form:
AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
|
| avionics |
AN/ALQ-218 receiver system
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AN/ALQ-99 tactical jamming system ⓘ AN/APG-79 AESA radar ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
ⓘ
surface form:
F/A-18F Super Hornet
|
| builder |
Boeing Defense, Space & Security
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| crewPositions |
electronic warfare officer
ⓘ
pilot ⓘ |
| designedFor |
carrier air wing integration
ⓘ
network-centric warfare ⓘ |
| feature |
reduced internal gun armament compared to F/A-18F
ⓘ
wingtip electronic warfare pods ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 2006-08-15 ⓘ |
| hardpoints | 9 external hardpoints ⓘ |
| height | 4.88 m ⓘ |
| introducedBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| launchCapability | catapult-assisted takeoff ⓘ |
| length | 18.31 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Boeing ⓘ |
| maxSpeed |
Mach 1.8
ⓘ
approximately 1,190 mph ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | 29937 kg ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | Growler ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ |
| originProgram |
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
ⓘ
surface form:
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet program
|
| powerplant | 2 × General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofan engines ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Navy ⓘ |
| programName | Growler program ⓘ |
| RAAFQuantity | 12 aircraft (approximate) ⓘ |
| range | approximately 1,275 nmi ⓘ |
| recoveryCapability | arrested landing ⓘ |
| replaces |
Grumman EA-6B Prowler
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surface form:
EA-6B Prowler
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| role |
electronic attack
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radar jamming ⓘ suppression of enemy air defenses ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 50,000 ft ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 2009 ⓘ |
| status | in active service ⓘ |
| typeDesignation |
EA-18G Growler
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
EA-18G
|
| wingspan | 13.62 m ⓘ |
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: EA-18G Growler Description of subject: The EA-18G Growler is a U.S. Navy carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft designed to provide radar jamming, electronic attack, and suppression of enemy air defenses.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Boeing EA-18G Growler
this entity surface form:
Boeing EA-18G Growler
this entity surface form:
EA-18G
this entity surface form:
Boeing EA-18G Growler
this entity surface form:
Boeing EA-18G Growler