Yemeni Air Force
E176091
The Yemeni Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Yemen’s military, operating a mix of Soviet-era and other combat aircraft for national defense and internal security.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yemeni Air Force canonical | 3 |
| South Yemen Air Force | 1 |
| Yemen Air Force | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1494818 — 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: Yemeni Air Force Context triple: [Su-22, usedBy, Yemeni Air Force]
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A.
Syrian Arab Air Force
The Syrian Arab Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Syria's armed forces, responsible for air defense, ground attack, and support operations using a mix of Soviet-era and more modern combat aircraft.
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B.
Iraqi Air Force
The Iraqi Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Iraq's military, responsible for defending the country's airspace and providing air support to its armed forces.
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C.
Libyan Air Force
The Libyan Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Libya's military, historically operating a mix of Soviet, Western, and locally modified aircraft and helicopters.
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D.
Ethiopian Air Force
The Ethiopian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Ethiopia’s military, responsible for defending the country’s airspace and providing air support to ground forces.
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E.
Middle East Air Force
The Middle East Air Force was a Royal Air Force formation responsible for overseeing British air operations and defense strategy across the Middle East region during the mid-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: Yemeni Air Force Target entity description: The Yemeni Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Yemen’s military, operating a mix of Soviet-era and other combat aircraft for national defense and internal security.
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A.
Syrian Arab Air Force
The Syrian Arab Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Syria's armed forces, responsible for air defense, ground attack, and support operations using a mix of Soviet-era and more modern combat aircraft.
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B.
Iraqi Air Force
The Iraqi Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Iraq's military, responsible for defending the country's airspace and providing air support to its armed forces.
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C.
Libyan Air Force
The Libyan Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Libya's military, historically operating a mix of Soviet, Western, and locally modified aircraft and helicopters.
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D.
Ethiopian Air Force
The Ethiopian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Ethiopia’s military, responsible for defending the country’s airspace and providing air support to ground forces.
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E.
Middle East Air Force
The Middle East Air Force was a Royal Air Force formation responsible for overseeing British air operations and defense strategy across the Middle East region during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air force
ⓘ
military branch ⓘ |
| aircraftModelOperated |
Antonov An-26
ⓘ
surface form:
An-26
F-5 Freedom Fighter ⓘ
surface form:
F-5E Tiger II
Ilyushin Il-76 ⓘ
surface form:
Il-76
Aero L-39 Albatros ⓘ
surface form:
L-39 Albatros
Mi-17 ⓘ Mi-24 ⓘ Mi-8 ⓘ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 ⓘ
surface form:
MiG-21
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 ⓘ
surface form:
MiG-23
Su-22 ⓘ Sukhoi Su-24 ⓘ
surface form:
Su-24
|
| conflict |
1994 Civil War in Yemen
ⓘ
Yemen conflict (Saudi-led coalition) ⓘ
surface form:
Houthi insurgency in Yemen
North Yemen Civil War ⓘ South Yemen Civil War ⓘ Yemeni Civil War ⓘ North Yemen–South Yemen War (1972) ⓘ
surface form:
Yemenite War of 1972
Yemenite War of 1979 ⓘ |
| country | Yemen ⓘ |
| equipmentOrigin |
China
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasSubunit | Yemeni Air Defense Forces ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Sanaʽa
ⓘ
surface form:
Sanaa
|
| militaryBranchType | aerial warfare branch ⓘ |
| operatesAirbasesIn |
Aden
ⓘ
Al Anad ⓘ Sanaʽa ⓘ
surface form:
Sanaa
Taiz ⓘ |
| partOf | Ministry of Defense of Yemen ⓘ |
| role |
air defense
ⓘ
close air support ⓘ internal security ⓘ national defense ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ transport ⓘ |
| serviceBranchOf | Yemeni Armed Forces ⓘ |
| tasking |
logistical airlift
ⓘ
protection of Yemeni airspace ⓘ support of ground forces ⓘ surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ |
| uses |
combat aircraft
ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ trainer aircraft ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Yemeni Air Force Description of subject: The Yemeni Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Yemen’s military, operating a mix of Soviet-era and other combat aircraft for national defense and internal security.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
South Yemen Air Force
this entity surface form:
Yemen Air Force