36th Wing
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 36th Wing canonical | 5 |
| 36th Maintenance Group | 1 |
| 36th Operations Group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T318472 — 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: 36th Wing Context triple: [Andersen Air Force Base, garrison, 36th Wing]
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A.
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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B.
412th Test Wing
The 412th Test Wing is a U.S. Air Force unit responsible for conducting flight testing and evaluation of advanced military aircraft and aerospace systems.
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C.
Thirteenth Air Force
Thirteenth Air Force was a major U.S. air force formation in the Pacific theater during World War II, known for its combat operations across the South and Southwest Pacific.
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D.
Ninth Air Force
Ninth Air Force was a major tactical air force of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, best known for its close air support and air-ground operations in the European Theater, particularly during and after the D-Day invasion.
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E.
Seventh Air Force
Seventh Air Force was a major United States Army Air Forces formation in the Pacific Theater during World War II, responsible for air defense and offensive operations across the Central Pacific.
- 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: 36th Wing Target entity description: 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.
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A.
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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B.
412th Test Wing
The 412th Test Wing is a U.S. Air Force unit responsible for conducting flight testing and evaluation of advanced military aircraft and aerospace systems.
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C.
Thirteenth Air Force
Thirteenth Air Force was a major U.S. air force formation in the Pacific theater during World War II, known for its combat operations across the South and Southwest Pacific.
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D.
Ninth Air Force
Ninth Air Force was a major tactical air force of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, best known for its close air support and air-ground operations in the European Theater, particularly during and after the D-Day invasion.
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E.
Seventh Air Force
Seventh Air Force was a major United States Army Air Forces formation in the Pacific Theater during World War II, responsible for air defense and offensive operations across the Central Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States Air Force wing ⓘ |
| alliedCooperation |
supports operations with Australia
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supports operations with Japan ⓘ supports operations with South Korea ⓘ supports operations with other regional partners ⓘ |
| commandStructureRole | major operational wing in Pacific Air Forces ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| garrison | Andersen Air Force Base ⓘ |
| geopoliticalImportance |
key U.S. power projection platform in the Western Pacific
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supports U.S. deterrence posture in the Indo-Pacific ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
24/7 airfield and base support operations
ⓘ
rapid reception and support of deployed forces ⓘ support for large-scale airlift operations ⓘ support for long-range bomber operations ⓘ |
| hasResponsibility |
installation security at Andersen Air Force Base
ⓘ
readiness of assigned personnel and resources ⓘ |
| hostUnitFor | Andersen Air Force Base tenant units ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Guam
ⓘ
Indo-Pacific region ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| mission |
provide airpower, support, and regional security operations in the Indo-Pacific
ⓘ
serve as the host wing for Andersen Air Force Base ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eleventh Air Force
ⓘ
U.S. Pacific Air Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Air Forces
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| primaryBaseFunction | forward operating location for U.S. airpower in the Pacific ⓘ |
| regionOfResponsibility |
Indo-Pacific region
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-Pacific theater
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| responsibleFor |
base operating support at Andersen Air Force Base
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supporting deployed air and space forces ⓘ supporting joint and coalition forces in the Indo-Pacific ⓘ |
| role |
airpower projection
ⓘ
contingency response ⓘ disaster relief support ⓘ humanitarian assistance support ⓘ regional security operations ⓘ support operations ⓘ |
| strategicFunction |
enable U.S. and allied air operations across the Pacific
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enhance regional stability and security in the Indo-Pacific ⓘ |
| supportsDomain |
air domain operations
ⓘ
joint and combined operations ⓘ |
| supportsOperationType |
aerial refueling operations
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air mobility operations ⓘ bomber task force deployments ⓘ exercises with regional allies and partners ⓘ intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations ⓘ theater security cooperation activities ⓘ |
| typeOfUnit |
host wing
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operational 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: 36th Wing Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
36th Operations Group
this entity surface form:
36th Maintenance Group