Earning the Spaatz Trophy for being the top Air National Guard flying unit only a month ago, the 104th Fighter Squadron has now officially ceased operations.

On Sept. 22, 2025, joined at the Hagerstown Regional Airport by hundreds of former Fairchild Republic employees, former test pilots, 175th Wing personnel, and family and fans, the museum held a retirement celebration for the Maryland Air National Guard’s A-10C Thunderbolt II 79-0087, one of only three remaining at the unit. The bittersweet homecoming saw the A-10, piloted by Major Taylor “Snarf” Price, flying around the state of Maryland one final time. It then performed multiple passes over the event’s crowd before landing and being met with a water cannon salute by the airport fire department. Contents Earning the Spaatz T

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