Republic Aviation

Republic Aviation Corporation

Formerly	Seversky Aircraft Company
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1931, reorganized as Republic Aviation, 1939
Founder	Alexander de Seversky
Defunct	Bought in 1965 by Fairchild Aircraft
Fate	Acquired by Fairchild Aircraft
Headquarters	Farmingdale, Long Island, New York , United States
Key people	Robert S. Johnson Alexander Kartveli Paul Moore Kenneth Jernstedt
Parent	Fairchild Aircraft (1965–1987)

The Republic Aviation Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Farmingdale, New York, on Long Island. Originally known as the Seversky Aircraft Company, the company was responsible for the design and production of many important military aircraft, including its most famous products: World War II's P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, the F-84 Thunderjet and F-105 Thunderchief jet fighters.