10-Q/A

            Form 10-Q/A
            Amendment No. 1

            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

            [X]   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15d
                   OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

            For Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 1996
                                       --------------

            [ ]   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)OF
            THE SECURITIES
                  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

            Commission File Number 0-17366
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            SHARED TECHNOLOGIES FAIRCHILD INC.
            ----------------------------------
            (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                 87-0424558
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            (State or other jurisdiction of        (I.R.S. Employer
             Incorporation or organization)         Identification No.)

            100 Great Meadow Road, Suite 104
            Wethersfield, CT 06109
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            (Address of principal executive offices)

            (860) 258-2400
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            (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)





                      Indicate  by check  mark  whether  the  registrant
            (1) has  filed all
                 reports to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
            Securities  Exchange Act
                 of 1934 during the  preceding  12 months (or such
            shorter  period that the
                 registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2)
            has been subject to
                 such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

             Yes  X         No _ _ _ _
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                      Indicate  the  number of shares  outstanding  of
            each of the  issuer's
                 classes of common stock, as of the close of the latest
            practicable date.

            Class                          Outstanding at May 15, 1996
            -------------                  ----------------------------
            Common Stock, $.004 par value      14,856,913 shares

            The purpose of this Amendment is to provide the Financial
            Data Schedule.



            SIGNATURE



                 Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities
            Exchange Act of 1934,
                 the  Registrant  has duly  caused this report to be
            signed on its behalf by
                 the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



            SHARED TECHNOLOGIES FAIRCHILD INC.



            By:      /s/ Vincent DiVincenzo
                ----------------------------
                Vincent DiVincenzo
                Senior Vice President-Finance
                and Administration, Treasurer,
                Chief Financial Officer








            Date:  June  26, 1996




            

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