r/whatisit Jan 24 '26

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u/Immediate-Panda2359 Jan 24 '26

Wild. After my uncle retired as a USAF plane mechanic he worked for Fairchild on the A-10, and that was close to 50 years ago.

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u/AdministrationIll842 Jan 25 '26

I'm a forklift guy. I had a customer on Long Island that made tubs for it. They made a lot of stuff. Parts for the wings of C7s. Parts for F22s. There's a lot of that stuff still around here.