17 Wing Winnipeg
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17 Wing Winnipeg is a Royal Canadian Air Force base in Manitoba that serves as a major operational, training, and support hub, including hosting the headquarters of the Canadian NORAD Region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 17 Wing Winnipeg canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4589863 — 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: 17 Wing Winnipeg Context triple: [Canadian NORAD Region, headquartersFacility, 17 Wing Winnipeg]
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A.
15 Wing Moose Jaw
15 Wing Moose Jaw is a Royal Canadian Air Force training wing based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, primarily responsible for pilot training and aircrew development.
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B.
No. 92 Wing Air Mobility Squadron
No. 92 Wing Air Mobility Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force unit responsible for air mobility operations, including transport and support missions, within No. 92 Wing.
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C.
Western Air Command
Western Air Command is a major operational formation of the Indian Air Force responsible for air operations over India’s strategically critical western and northwestern regions.
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D.
No. 422 Squadron RCAF
No. 422 Squadron RCAF was a Royal Canadian Air Force unit that served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, primarily conducting maritime patrol and anti-submarine operations.
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E.
Eastern Air Command
Eastern Air Command is a major operational formation of the Indian Air Force responsible for air operations and defense over India’s eastern and northeastern regions.
- 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: 17 Wing Winnipeg Target entity description: 17 Wing Winnipeg is a Royal Canadian Air Force base in Manitoba that serves as a major operational, training, and support hub, including hosting the headquarters of the Canadian NORAD Region.
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A.
15 Wing Moose Jaw
15 Wing Moose Jaw is a Royal Canadian Air Force training wing based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, primarily responsible for pilot training and aircrew development.
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B.
No. 92 Wing Air Mobility Squadron
No. 92 Wing Air Mobility Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force unit responsible for air mobility operations, including transport and support missions, within No. 92 Wing.
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C.
Western Air Command
Western Air Command is a major operational formation of the Indian Air Force responsible for air operations over India’s strategically critical western and northwestern regions.
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D.
No. 422 Squadron RCAF
No. 422 Squadron RCAF was a Royal Canadian Air Force unit that served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, primarily conducting maritime patrol and anti-submarine operations.
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E.
Eastern Air Command
Eastern Air Command is a major operational formation of the Indian Air Force responsible for air operations and defense over India’s eastern and northeastern regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Royal Canadian Air Force base ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| garrison | Royal Canadian Air Force units ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | 17 Wing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBranch | Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Military installations in Manitoba
ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force stations ⓘ |
| hasCity | Winnipeg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasElevation | 783 feet ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
aerospace control support
ⓘ
air operations support ⓘ aircrew training ⓘ search and rescue support ⓘ transport operations support ⓘ |
| hasIcaoCode | CYWG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOperator | Department of National Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOwner | Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryMission | provide air power for Canadian Armed Forces operations ⓘ |
| hasProvince | Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
operational hub
ⓘ
support hub ⓘ training hub ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| hasSecondaryMission |
provide support to NORAD operations
ⓘ
provide training for air force personnel ⓘ |
| hasType | military air base ⓘ |
| hasUnit |
17 Wing Air Reserve Flight
NERFINISHED
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17 Wing Air Traffic Control NERFINISHED ⓘ 17 Wing Logistics and Engineering NERFINISHED ⓘ 17 Wing Mission Support Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ 17 Wing Operations Support Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School NERFINISHED ⓘ 402 Squadron RCAF NERFINISHED ⓘ 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian Forces School of Meteorology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hosts |
1 Canadian Air Division Headquarters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isGarrisonFor |
1 Canadian Air Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canadian NORAD Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOfCommand | Royal Canadian Air Force 1 Canadian Air Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedAtAirport | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manitoba
ⓘ
Winnipeg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Canadian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: 17 Wing Winnipeg Description of subject: 17 Wing Winnipeg is a Royal Canadian Air Force base in Manitoba that serves as a major operational, training, and support hub, including hosting the headquarters of the Canadian NORAD Region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.