Republic Airport, New York

This airport at the Long Island town of Farmingdale was the main production site for Republic Aviation, a major military aircraft manufacturer through 1965, and afterwards owned by Fairchild Aviation. P-47 Thunderbolt fighters were made here in WW2, and later F-84 Thunderjets, and F-105 Thunderchiefs. When Fairchild took over Republic, it made A-10 Thunderbolts, a popular tank-killer plane known as the Warthog, still in use today. The plant was once known as Air Force Plant 12, one of around 85 production sites designated as critical by the Air Force from the 1940s to the 1960s. Most of the plant site has been developed into big box retail. The American Airpower Museum occupies one hangar, and focuses on WWII historic craft.