Boeing KC-46 Pegasus
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The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is a modern U.S. military aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft developed from the Boeing 767 airliner.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boeing KC-46 Pegasus canonical | 3 |
| KC-46A Pegasus | 3 |
| Boeing 767 tanker | 1 |
| Boeing 767-based tanker | 1 |
| Boeing 767-based tanker variants | 1 |
| Boeing KC-46 | 1 |
| Boeing KC-46A | 1 |
| Boeing KC-46A Pegasus | 1 |
| KC-46 Pegasus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T172588 — 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: Boeing KC-46 Pegasus Context triple: [Boeing, notableProduct, Boeing KC-46 Pegasus]
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A.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-haul, wide-body commercial airliner known for its fuel efficiency, extensive use of composite materials, and advanced passenger comfort features.
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B.
C-17 Globemaster III
The C-17 Globemaster III is a large, long-range military transport aircraft used by several air forces worldwide for rapid strategic airlift of troops and heavy cargo.
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C.
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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D.
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a twin-engine, carrier-capable multirole fighter aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Navy for both air-to-air combat and ground-attack missions.
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E.
Boeing 777
The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner widely used by airlines around the world for international passenger flights.
- 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: Boeing KC-46 Pegasus Target entity description: The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is a modern U.S. military aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft developed from the Boeing 767 airliner.
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A.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-haul, wide-body commercial airliner known for its fuel efficiency, extensive use of composite materials, and advanced passenger comfort features.
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B.
C-17 Globemaster III
The C-17 Globemaster III is a large, long-range military transport aircraft used by several air forces worldwide for rapid strategic airlift of troops and heavy cargo.
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C.
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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D.
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a twin-engine, carrier-capable multirole fighter aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Navy for both air-to-air combat and ground-attack missions.
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E.
Boeing 777
The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner widely used by airlines around the world for international passenger flights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military aerial refueling aircraft
ⓘ
strategic transport aircraft ⓘ tanker aircraft ⓘ |
| additionalCrew | 1 boom operator ⓘ |
| airframeBasedOn |
Boeing 767
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 767-2C
|
| avionics | glass cockpit ⓘ |
| basedOn | Boeing 767 ⓘ |
| canRefuel |
U.S. Air Force aircraft
ⓘ
U.S. Marine Corps aircraft ⓘ U.S. Navy aircraft ⓘ allied aircraft equipped for boom or drogue ⓘ |
| cargoCapacity | up to 18 military standard 463L pallets ⓘ |
| cockpitCrew | 2 pilots ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 3 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | ~851 km/h ⓘ |
| designedToReplace | Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker ⓘ |
| developer | Boeing Defense, Space & Security ⓘ |
| engineManufacturer | Pratt & Whitney ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| enteredService | 2019 ⓘ |
| feature |
defensive systems
ⓘ
hardened against chemical and biological threats ⓘ remote vision system for boom operator ⓘ |
| firstDelivery | January 2019 ⓘ |
| firstFlight | September 25, 2015 ⓘ |
| fuelCapacity |
approximately 212,299 lb of fuel
ⓘ
approximately 96,297 kg of fuel ⓘ |
| fuselageType | wide-body ⓘ |
| height | 15.9 m ⓘ |
| length | 50.5 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Boeing ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | ~915 km/h ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight |
188,000 kg
ⓘ
~415,000 lb ⓘ |
| medicalEvacuationCapacity | up to 58 patients ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | Pegasus ⓘ |
| operator |
Israeli Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
Israel Air Force
Aeronautica Militare ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Air Force (on order)
Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Air Force (on order)
United States Air Force ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | up to about 114 passengers ⓘ |
| powerplant | 2 × Pratt & Whitney PW4062 turbofan engines ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| programOrigin | KC-X program ⓘ |
| programType | fixed-price development contract ⓘ |
| range | over 11,000 km with ferry configuration ⓘ |
| refuelingMethod |
flying boom
ⓘ
hose-and-drogue ⓘ |
| role |
aerial refueling
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ strategic airlift ⓘ |
| selectedBy | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| selectionDate | February 2011 ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | ~12,800 m ⓘ |
| status | in active service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| wingspan | 47.6 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: Boeing KC-46 Pegasus Description of subject: The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is a modern U.S. military aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft developed from the Boeing 767 airliner.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Boeing 767 tanker
this entity surface form:
KC-46A Pegasus
this entity surface form:
Boeing KC-46A Pegasus
this entity surface form:
KC-46 Pegasus
this entity surface form:
Boeing 767-based tanker variants
this entity surface form:
KC-46A Pegasus
this entity surface form:
KC-46A Pegasus
this entity surface form:
Boeing KC-46A
this entity surface form:
Boeing 767-based tanker