Happy Belated Brrrt Day
May 10, 1972: Nixon was in office, Roberta Flack’s “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” was on the top of the charts– which is a beautiful coincidence considering the love the public has for the A-10– and a gallon of milk cost 52 cents.
That was the day Fairchild-Republic test pilot Howard W. “Sam” Nelson made the first flight of the YA-10 prototype Thunderbolt II, 71-1369, at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Fairchild Republic YA-10A (S/N 71-1369, the first prototype). (U.S. Air Force photo)
The rest, as they say, is 30mm history.
With that, take it away Roberta:
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