RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport
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The RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport is an Airbus A330-based aircraft used by the Royal Australian Air Force for aerial refuelling and strategic airlift operations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Airbus KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport | 1 |
| RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1750642 — 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: RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport Context triple: [Operation Okra, airComponent, RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport]
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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.
Airbus A400M Atlas
The Airbus A400M Atlas is a European four‑engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for tactical and strategic airlift, including heavy cargo and troop transport, aerial refueling, and medical evacuation.
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C.
Boeing C-40
The Boeing C-40 is a military transport and executive transport aircraft derived from the Boeing 737 airliner and used by the U.S. Air Force for personnel and VIP airlift missions.
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D.
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.
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E.
C-27J Spartan aircraft
The C-27J Spartan aircraft is a twin-engine tactical military transport plane known for its short takeoff and landing capability, rugged design, and versatile cargo and troop-carrying roles.
- 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: RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport Target entity description: The RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport is an Airbus A330-based aircraft used by the Royal Australian Air Force for aerial refuelling and strategic airlift operations.
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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.
Airbus A400M Atlas
The Airbus A400M Atlas is a European four‑engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for tactical and strategic airlift, including heavy cargo and troop transport, aerial refueling, and medical evacuation.
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C.
Boeing C-40
The Boeing C-40 is a military transport and executive transport aircraft derived from the Boeing 737 airliner and used by the U.S. Air Force for personnel and VIP airlift missions.
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D.
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.
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E.
C-27J Spartan aircraft
The C-27J Spartan aircraft is a twin-engine tactical military transport plane known for its short takeoff and landing capability, rugged design, and versatile cargo and troop-carrying roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Airbus A330 MRTT variant
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military tanker aircraft ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | twin-engine jet ⓘ |
| airframe | wide-body ⓘ |
| allianceDesignation |
Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix
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surface form:
A330 MRTT
|
| basedOn |
Airbus A330
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surface form:
Airbus A330-200
|
| canCarry |
cargo
ⓘ
medical patients ⓘ passengers ⓘ |
| canRefuel |
fighter aircraft
ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ |
| category |
Royal Australian Air Force
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surface form:
Royal Australian Air Force aircraft
air-to-air refuelling aircraft ⓘ tanker-transport aircraft ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| hasConfiguration |
cargo configuration
ⓘ
combi passenger-cargo configuration ⓘ passenger configuration ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
aerial refuelling operator console
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cargo pallet capability ⓘ centreline refuelling boom ⓘ removable seating ⓘ underwing refuelling pods ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
EADS
ⓘ
surface form:
Airbus Defence and Space
|
| operator | Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ |
| primaryBase | RAAF Base Amberley ⓘ |
| refuellingMethod |
flying boom
ⓘ
hose-and-drogue ⓘ |
| role |
aerial refuelling
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ strategic airlift ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
Air Mobility Group RAAF
ⓘ
surface form:
RAAF Air Mobility Group
|
| serviceEntry | 2011 ⓘ |
| serviceStatus | in service ⓘ |
| usedBy | Australian Defence Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coalition operations support
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humanitarian assistance missions ⓘ long-range air-to-air refuelling ⓘ long-range troop transport ⓘ strategic airlift in support of ADF operations ⓘ |
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: RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport Description of subject: The RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport is an Airbus A330-based aircraft used by the Royal Australian Air Force for aerial refuelling and strategic airlift operations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Airbus KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport