Prince Sultan Air Base
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Prince Sultan Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that has also served as a key hub for U.S. and coalition military operations in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prince Sultan Air Base canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3747120 — 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: Prince Sultan Air Base Context triple: [Royal Saudi Air Force, hasBase, Prince Sultan Air Base]
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A.
King Abdulaziz Air Base
King Abdulaziz Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for the country’s air defense and military aviation operations.
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B.
King Faisal Air Base
King Faisal Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that hosts fighter aircraft and plays a key role in the country’s air defense and regional military operations.
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C.
Al Minhad Air Base
Al Minhad Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a strategic hub for both UAE and allied air operations in the region.
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D.
Al Ain Air Base
Al Ain Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that supports the UAE Air Force’s operational, training, and strategic activities.
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E.
Al Dhafra Air Base
Al Dhafra Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a key hub for both Emirati and allied air operations in the Gulf region.
- 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: Prince Sultan Air Base Target entity description: Prince Sultan Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that has also served as a key hub for U.S. and coalition military operations in the region.
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A.
King Abdulaziz Air Base
King Abdulaziz Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for the country’s air defense and military aviation operations.
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B.
King Faisal Air Base
King Faisal Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that hosts fighter aircraft and plays a key role in the country’s air defense and regional military operations.
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C.
Al Minhad Air Base
Al Minhad Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a strategic hub for both UAE and allied air operations in the region.
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D.
Al Ain Air Base
Al Ain Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that supports the UAE Air Force’s operational, training, and strategic activities.
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E.
Al Dhafra Air Base
Al Dhafra Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a key hub for both Emirati and allied air operations in the Gulf region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Saudi Air Force base
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| allianceContext | U.S.–Saudi defense partnership ⓘ |
| alsoUsedBy |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
U.S. Central Command ⓘ
surface form:
United States Central Command
coalition forces ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| garrison |
Royal Saudi Air Force personnel
ⓘ
U.S. military personnel (rotational) ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
regional airspace monitoring
ⓘ
support for large-scale air campaigns ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
command and control facilities
ⓘ
hardened aircraft shelters ⓘ logistics and maintenance facilities ⓘ radar and communications infrastructure ⓘ |
| hostedUnit |
607th Air and Space Operations Center
ⓘ
surface form:
Combined Air Operations Center
U.S. Air Force 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing ⓘ U.S. Air Force 378th Air Expeditionary Wing ⓘ |
| importance | key hub for U.S. and coalition military operations in the region ⓘ |
| locatedSoutheastOf | Riyadh ⓘ |
| location | near Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
ⓘ
surface form:
Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
|
| operator | Royal Saudi Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | Saudi air defense network ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
air operations
ⓘ
airborne surveillance support ⓘ fighter aircraft operations ⓘ |
| region |
Central Region of Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Saudi Arabia
|
| roleForUS |
forward operating base
ⓘ
staging base for regional operations ⓘ |
| runwayType | paved runway ⓘ |
| securityLevel | high-security installation ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
command and control center
ⓘ
regional air operations hub ⓘ |
| supportsAircraftType |
airborne early warning aircraft
ⓘ
fighter jets ⓘ tanker aircraft ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Royal Saudi Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Saudi Air Force fighter squadrons
Royal Saudi Air Force support units ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Gulf War era
ⓘ
Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ Operation Southern Watch ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
U.S.–Saudi military cooperation
ⓘ
coalition air campaigns in the Middle East ⓘ |
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: Prince Sultan Air Base Description of subject: Prince Sultan Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that has also served as a key hub for U.S. and coalition military operations in the region.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Royal Saudi Air Force