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This transformation has not only generated vast amounts of data but also facilitated the migration of learning and optimization processes to edge devices. Consequently, modern industries can effectively leverage this paradigm through distributed learning to define product quality and implement predictive maintenance (PM) strategies. While computing speeds continue to advance rapidly, the latency in communication has emerged as a bottleneck for fast edge learning, particularly in time-sensitive applications such as PM. To address this issue, we explore Federated Learning (FL), a privacy-preserving framework. FL entails updating a global AI model on a parameter server (PS) through aggregation of locally trained models from edge devices. We propose an innovative approach: analog aggregation over-the-air of updates transmitted concurrently over wireless channels. This leverages the waveform-superposition property in multi-access channels, significantly reducing communication latency compared to conventional methods. However, it is vulnerable to performance degradation due to channel properties like noise and fading. In this study, we introduce a method to mitigate the impact of channel noise in FL over-the-air communication and computation (FLOACC). We integrate a novel tracking-based stochastic approximation scheme into a standard federated stochastic variance reduced gradient (FSVRG). This effectively averages out channel noise\u2019s influence, ensuring robust FLOACC performance without increasing transmission power gain. Numerical results confirm our approach\u2019s superior communication efficiency and scalability in various FL scenarios, especially when dealing with noisy channels. 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