Boeing RE-3A
E387297
electronic intelligence aircraft
military aircraft
reconnaissance aircraft
signals intelligence aircraft
The Boeing RE-3A is a specialized airborne reconnaissance and electronic intelligence aircraft derived from the Boeing 707 airframe and used by the Royal Saudi Air Force for surveillance and signals intelligence missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boeing RE-3A canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3747116 — 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 RE-3A Context triple: [Royal Saudi Air Force, operatesAircraft, Boeing RE-3A]
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A.
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.
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B.
Boeing 720
The Boeing 720 is a shorter-range, lighter derivative of the Boeing 707 jet airliner, designed primarily for medium-haul routes in the early jet age.
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C.
Boeing Model 299
The Boeing Model 299 was the prototype four‑engine heavy bomber that led to the development of the famed B-17 Flying Fortress used extensively by the United States during World War II.
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D.
Rutan Voyager
Rutan Voyager was the experimental aircraft that made the first nonstop, non-refueled flight around the world in 1986.
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E.
Boeing X-32
The Boeing X-32 was a stealthy, delta-winged prototype fighter developed for the U.S. Joint Strike Fighter competition, ultimately losing to the Lockheed Martin X-35 (now the F-35).
- 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 RE-3A Target entity description: The Boeing RE-3A is a specialized airborne reconnaissance and electronic intelligence aircraft derived from the Boeing 707 airframe and used by the Royal Saudi Air Force for surveillance and signals intelligence missions.
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A.
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.
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B.
Boeing 720
The Boeing 720 is a shorter-range, lighter derivative of the Boeing 707 jet airliner, designed primarily for medium-haul routes in the early jet age.
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C.
Boeing Model 299
The Boeing Model 299 was the prototype four‑engine heavy bomber that led to the development of the famed B-17 Flying Fortress used extensively by the United States during World War II.
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D.
Rutan Voyager
Rutan Voyager was the experimental aircraft that made the first nonstop, non-refueled flight around the world in 1986.
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E.
Boeing X-32
The Boeing X-32 was a stealthy, delta-winged prototype fighter developed for the U.S. Joint Strike Fighter competition, ultimately losing to the Lockheed Martin X-35 (now the F-35).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronic intelligence aircraft
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ signals intelligence aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | fixed-wing ⓘ |
| airForceDesignation | RE-3A ⓘ |
| airframeOrigin | Boeing 707 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Boeing 707 ⓘ |
| configuration | modified Boeing 707 airframe ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| derivedFromMilitaryOrCivil | civil airliner platform ⓘ |
| designedFor |
battlefield surveillance
ⓘ
strategic intelligence gathering ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
communications intelligence collection
ⓘ
electronic emissions monitoring ⓘ signals interception ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Boeing ⓘ |
| missionProfile |
airborne electronic surveillance
ⓘ
long-range reconnaissance ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Saudi Air Force ⓘ |
| platformClass |
Boeing 7x7 family
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 707 family
|
| powerplantType | jet ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
airborne reconnaissance
ⓘ
electronic intelligence ⓘ signals intelligence ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Saudi Air Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
electronic intelligence collection
ⓘ
signals intelligence missions ⓘ surveillance missions ⓘ |
| user | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
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 RE-3A Description of subject: The Boeing RE-3A is a specialized airborne reconnaissance and electronic intelligence aircraft derived from the Boeing 707 airframe and used by the Royal Saudi Air Force for surveillance and signals intelligence missions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.