KC-10 Extender
E233196
McDonnell Douglas aircraft
United States Air Force aircraft
aerial refueling aircraft
military transport aircraft
tanker aircraft
The KC-10 Extender is a U.S. Air Force aerial refueling and cargo aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliner, used for long-range tanker and transport missions.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| KC-10 Extender canonical | 6 |
| Boeing KC-10 Extender | 1 |
| Boeing KE-3A | 1 |
| KC-10A | 1 |
| TriStar KC1 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2073044 — 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: KC-10 Extender Context triple: [Air Mobility Command, operatesAircraftType, KC-10 Extender]
-
A.
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is a long-serving U.S. Air Force aerial refueling aircraft, introduced in the late 1950s and based on the Boeing 707 airframe, that has been a backbone of American air mobility and global reach for decades.
-
B.
Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter
The Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter is a post–World War II American long-range military transport aircraft derived from the B-29 bomber and used extensively for cargo and troop transport, as well as aerial refueling.
-
C.
Boeing YC-14
The Boeing YC-14 was a 1970s American experimental short takeoff and landing (STOL) tactical transport aircraft prototype developed for the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Medium STOL Transport program.
-
D.
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four‑engine turboprop military transport aircraft renowned worldwide for its versatility in tactical airlift, humanitarian missions, and special operations since the 1950s.
-
E.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
The Cessna O-2 Skymaster is a military twin-boom, push-pull configuration aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for forward air control and reconnaissance during the Vietnam War.
- 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: KC-10 Extender Target entity description: The KC-10 Extender is a U.S. Air Force aerial refueling and cargo aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliner, used for long-range tanker and transport missions.
-
A.
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is a long-serving U.S. Air Force aerial refueling aircraft, introduced in the late 1950s and based on the Boeing 707 airframe, that has been a backbone of American air mobility and global reach for decades.
-
B.
Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter
The Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter is a post–World War II American long-range military transport aircraft derived from the B-29 bomber and used extensively for cargo and troop transport, as well as aerial refueling.
-
C.
Boeing YC-14
The Boeing YC-14 was a 1970s American experimental short takeoff and landing (STOL) tactical transport aircraft prototype developed for the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Medium STOL Transport program.
-
D.
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four‑engine turboprop military transport aircraft renowned worldwide for its versatility in tactical airlift, humanitarian missions, and special operations since the 1950s.
-
E.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
The Cessna O-2 Skymaster is a military twin-boom, push-pull configuration aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for forward air control and reconnaissance during the Vietnam War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
McDonnell Douglas aircraft
ⓘ
United States Air Force aircraft ⓘ aerial refueling aircraft ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ tanker aircraft ⓘ |
| basedOn | McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ⓘ |
| cargoCapacity | about 170,000 lb of cargo ⓘ |
| cargoDecks |
lower holds
ⓘ
main deck ⓘ |
| cargoLoading | equipped with large cargo door ⓘ |
| conflictParticipation |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 4 ⓘ |
| crewComposition |
boom operator
ⓘ
copilot ⓘ flight engineer ⓘ pilot ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | civil DC-10-30CF airframe ⓘ |
| designation |
KC-10 Extender
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
KC-10A
|
| developedFor | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1980 ⓘ |
| fuelCapacity | over 340,000 lb of fuel ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Boeing
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing (successor company)
McDonnell Douglas ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | about 590,000 lb ⓘ |
| missionType |
long-range tanker missions
ⓘ
strategic airlift missions ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | Extender ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 3 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| powerplant | 3 × General Electric CF6 turbofan engines ⓘ |
| primaryRole | aerial refueling ⓘ |
| range | intercontinental ⓘ |
| refuelingCapability | can refuel most U.S. and NATO aircraft ⓘ |
| refuelingSystems |
flying boom
ⓘ
hose-and-drogue ⓘ |
| secondaryRole |
cargo transport
ⓘ
personnel transport ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1981 ⓘ |
| status | in service (limited, nearing retirement) ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T-tail ⓘ |
| user |
Air Force Reserve
ⓘ
surface form:
Air Force Reserve Command
Air Mobility Command ⓘ New Jersey Air National Guard ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing ⓘ |
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: KC-10 Extender Description of subject: The KC-10 Extender is a U.S. Air Force aerial refueling and cargo aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliner, used for long-range tanker and transport missions.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Boeing KE-3A
this entity surface form:
TriStar KC1
this entity surface form:
Boeing KC-10 Extender
this entity surface form:
KC-10A