86th Airlift Wing
E373619
The 86th Airlift Wing is a U.S. Air Force unit based at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, responsible for providing tactical airlift, aeromedical evacuation, and operational support across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 86th Airlift Wing canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3581387 — 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: 86th Airlift Wing Context triple: [United States Air Forces in Europe, hasComponent, 86th Airlift Wing]
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A.
62nd Airlift Wing
The 62nd Airlift Wing is a United States Air Force unit that provides global strategic airlift capabilities, primarily operating C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Washington.
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B.
89th Airlift Wing
The 89th Airlift Wing is a U.S. Air Force unit based at Joint Base Andrews that provides executive airlift support for the President, Vice President, and other senior government officials.
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C.
446th Airlift Wing
The 446th Airlift Wing is a U.S. Air Force Reserve unit that conducts strategic and tactical airlift and aeromedical evacuation missions, primarily operating C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.
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D.
316th Wing
The 316th Wing is a United States Air Force unit that provides installation support, contingency response, and ceremonial duties for operations based at Joint Base Andrews near Washington, D.C.
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E.
36th Wing
The 36th Wing is a United States Air Force unit responsible for providing airpower, support, and regional security operations in the Indo-Pacific, headquartered at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.
- 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: 86th Airlift Wing Target entity description: The 86th Airlift Wing is a U.S. Air Force unit based at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, responsible for providing tactical airlift, aeromedical evacuation, and operational support across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
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A.
62nd Airlift Wing
The 62nd Airlift Wing is a United States Air Force unit that provides global strategic airlift capabilities, primarily operating C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Washington.
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B.
89th Airlift Wing
The 89th Airlift Wing is a U.S. Air Force unit based at Joint Base Andrews that provides executive airlift support for the President, Vice President, and other senior government officials.
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C.
446th Airlift Wing
The 446th Airlift Wing is a U.S. Air Force Reserve unit that conducts strategic and tactical airlift and aeromedical evacuation missions, primarily operating C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.
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D.
316th Wing
The 316th Wing is a United States Air Force unit that provides installation support, contingency response, and ceremonial duties for operations based at Joint Base Andrews near Washington, D.C.
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E.
36th Wing
The 36th Wing is a United States Air Force unit responsible for providing airpower, support, and regional security operations in the Indo-Pacific, headquartered at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States Air Force wing ⓘ |
| aircraftOperated |
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
ⓘ
surface form:
C-130J Super Hercules
C-21A ⓘ C-37A ⓘ Boeing C-40 ⓘ
surface form:
C-40B
KC-135R (attached / supporting units) ⓘ |
| alliedNationSupport |
Germany
ⓘ
NATO member states ⓘ |
| commandStructure | Third Air Force ⓘ |
| conflictParticipation |
Cold War
ⓘ
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ
surface form:
Operation Allied Force
Operation Desert Storm ⓘ Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ World War II ⓘ humanitarian operations in Africa ⓘ humanitarian operations in Europe ⓘ humanitarian operations in the Middle East ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| garrison | Ramstein Air Base ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
86th Civil Engineer Group
ⓘ
86th Maintenance Group ⓘ 86th Medical Group ⓘ 86th Mission Support Group ⓘ 86th Operations Group ⓘ |
| historicalPredecessor | 86th Fighter Group ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Germany
ⓘ
Ramstein-Miesenbach ⓘ Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| mission |
provide aeromedical evacuation within its theater
ⓘ
provide command and control and base operating support at Ramstein Air Base ⓘ provide rapid airlift and airdrop of troops, equipment, and supplies ⓘ |
| motto | “First in Support” ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Air Forces in Europe
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa
|
| providesCapability |
aeromedical evacuation staging
ⓘ
airdrop ⓘ command and control for air mobility operations ⓘ distinguished visitor airlift ⓘ theater airlift ⓘ |
| role |
aeromedical evacuation
ⓘ
operational support ⓘ tactical airlift ⓘ |
| supports | North Atlantic Treaty Organization operations ⓘ |
| supportsCommand |
U.S. Africa Command
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Africa Command
U.S. Central Command ⓘ
surface form:
United States Central Command
United States European Command ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Africa
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Middle East ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: 86th Airlift Wing Description of subject: The 86th Airlift Wing is a U.S. Air Force unit based at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, responsible for providing tactical airlift, aeromedical evacuation, and operational support across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.